Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Giant Bronze Gecko (Ailuronyx trachygaster), recorded as Critically Endangered
Giant Bronze Gecko (Ailuronyx trachygaster). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Giant Bronze Gecko

Ailuronyx trachygaster

The giant bronze gecko is a lizard in the family Gekkonidae endemic to Seychelles.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Ailuronyx trachygaster
Taxonomy
Squamata · Gekkonidae · Ailuronyx

The gecko

Typical geckos are night-active lizards with adhesive toe pads. They hunt insects on rock, bark, or walls.

Range and habitat

The giant bronze gecko is a lizard in the family Gekkonidae endemic to Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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

Giant Bronze Gecko is Critically 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 Giant Bronze Gecko — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2827982. 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.

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Quick answers

What is Giant Bronze Gecko?
Giant Bronze Gecko is a gecko in the family Gekkonidae — Ailuronyx trachygaster.
What is the conservation status of Giant Bronze Gecko?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ailuronyx trachygaster. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Giant Bronze Gecko live?
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Why is Giant Bronze Gecko in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ailuronyx trachygaster?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Giant Bronze Gecko a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.