The Mauritius ornate day gecko, Phelsuma ornata ornata, is endemic to the Indian Ocean region. It inhabits tropical forests and coconut plantations on Mauritius, an island in the western half of the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. Another subspecies, the Reunion Island ornate day gecko, Phelsuma ornata inexpectata, inhabits Reunion, a neighboring island to Mauritius (Greg 1999, Lamar 1997).

Biogeographic Regions: oceanic islands (Native )