Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Bawangling Leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis), recorded as Endangered
Bawangling Leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Bawangling Leopard gecko

Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis

Bawangling Leopard gecko is a geckos endemic to the Hainan Bawangling National Nature Reserve in the southwest part of Hainan Island, China.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis
Recorded from
China
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Squamata · Eublepharidae · Goniurosaurus

The leopard gecko

Published measurements include mass about 11.4 and length about 84.

Eyelid geckos lack the sticky toe pads of house geckos. They walk on the ground or on rock, and they blink.

Range and habitat

Bawangling Leopard gecko is a geckos endemic to the Hainan Bawangling National Nature Reserve in the southwest part of Hainan Island, China.

GBIF currently lists 74 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.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Bawangling Leopard 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 Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3110535 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 Huu Lien Leopard Gecko (Goniurosaurus huuliensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Huu Lien Leopard Gecko

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Photograph of Yamashina's Ground Gecko (Goniurosaurus yamashinae), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Yamashina's Ground Gecko

Goniurosaurus yamashinae
Photograph of Yingde Leopard Gecko (Goniurosaurus yingdeensis), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Yingde Leopard Gecko

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Photograph of Goniurosaurus catbaensis (Goniurosaurus catbaensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Goniurosaurus catbaensis

Goniurosaurus catbaensis

Quick answers

What is Bawangling Leopard gecko?
Bawangling Leopard gecko is a leopard gecko in the family Eublepharidae — Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis.
What is the conservation status of Bawangling Leopard gecko?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Bawangling Leopard gecko live?
Bawangling Leopard gecko is a geckos endemic to the Hainan Bawangling National Nature Reserve in the southwest part of Hainan Island, China.
Why is Bawangling Leopard 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 Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Bawangling Leopard gecko a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.