Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bavayia cyclura (Bavayia cyclura), recorded as Endangered
Bavayia cyclura (Bavayia cyclura). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Bavayia cyclura

Bavayia cyclura

Bavayia cyclura, also known as Günther's New Caledonian gecko or the forest bavayia, is a gecko endemic to Grande Terre and Ile des Pins among them their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Bavayia cyclura
Recorded from
New Caledonia
Taxonomy
Squamata · Diplodactylidae · Bavayia

The lizard or snake

This named form is a lizard or snake. The public files give taxonomy, a photograph, and a threat category — not a monograph.

Range and habitat

Bavayia cyclura, also known as Günther's New Caledonian gecko or the forest bavayia, is a gecko endemic to Grande Terre and Ile des Pins among them their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Bavayia cyclura is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Bavayia cyclura — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2892091. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Bavayia exsuccida (Bavayia exsuccida), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Bavayia exsuccida

Bavayia exsuccida
Photograph of Bavayia sauvagii (Bavayia sauvagii), recorded as EndangeredEN

Bavayia sauvagii

Bavayia sauvagii
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Bavayia cyclura?
Bavayia cyclura, also known as Günther's New Caledonian gecko or the forest bavayia, is a gecko endemic to Grande Terre and Ile des Pins among them their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.
What is the conservation status of Bavayia cyclura?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Bavayia cyclura. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bavayia cyclura live?
Bavayia cyclura, also known as Günther's New Caledonian gecko or the forest bavayia, is a gecko endemic to Grande Terre and Ile des Pins among them their neighboring islets in New Caledonia.
Why is Bavayia cyclura in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Bavayia cyclura?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bavayia cyclura a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.