Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Yellow-bellied Day Gecko (Cnemaspis flaviventralis), recorded as Endangered
Yellow-bellied Day Gecko (Cnemaspis flaviventralis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Yellow-bellied Day Gecko

Cnemaspis flaviventralis

Yellow-bellied Day Gecko is a gecko in the family Gekkonidae — Cnemaspis flaviventralis, recorded as Endangered and tied to India.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Cnemaspis flaviventralis
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Squamata · Gekkonidae · Cnemaspis

Appearance

Its common name is yellow-bellied day gecko.

Range and habitat

Yellow-bellied Day Gecko is recorded from India.

GBIF currently lists 21 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

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

Habits

Typical geckos hunt after dark on vertical surfaces. Day geckos in some genera are the exception — bright and diurnal.

In crisis

Yellow-bellied Day Gecko 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 Cnemaspis flaviventralis — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q28233956 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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 Fairy Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis paripari), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Fairy Rock Gecko

Cnemaspis paripari
Photograph of Rough-bellied day gecko (Cnemaspis tropidogaster), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Rough-bellied day gecko

Cnemaspis tropidogaster
Photograph of Yercaud day gecko (Cnemaspis yercaudensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Yercaud day gecko

Cnemaspis yercaudensis
Photograph of Wynad day gecko (Cnemaspis wynadensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Wynad day gecko

Cnemaspis wynadensis

Quick answers

What is Yellow-bellied Day Gecko?
Yellow-bellied Day Gecko is a gecko in the family Gekkonidae — Cnemaspis flaviventralis.
What is the conservation status of Yellow-bellied Day Gecko?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cnemaspis flaviventralis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Yellow-bellied Day Gecko live?
Yellow-bellied Day Gecko is a geckos described from the hills of Amboli, Maharashtra, India.
Why is Yellow-bellied Day Gecko in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cnemaspis flaviventralis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Yellow-bellied Day Gecko a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.