Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Peters' Butterfly Lizard (Leiolepis guentherpetersi), recorded as Endangered
Peters' Butterfly Lizard (Leiolepis guentherpetersi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Peters' Butterfly Lizard

Leiolepis guentherpetersi

Peters' Butterfly Lizard is a snake.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Leiolepis guentherpetersi
Recorded from
Vietnam
Taxonomy
Squamata · Agamidae · Leiolepis

The lizard or snake

It was first described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky ug Kupriyanova in 1993.

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

Peters' Butterfly Lizard is recorded from Vietnam.

GBIF currently lists 52 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

Peters' Butterfly Lizard 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 Peters' Butterfly Lizard — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3229197 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.

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Quick answers

What is Peters' Butterfly Lizard?
Peters' Butterfly Lizard is a snake.
What is the conservation status of Peters' Butterfly Lizard?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Leiolepis guentherpetersi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Peters' Butterfly Lizard live?
Peters' Butterfly Lizard is a snake.
Why is Peters' Butterfly Lizard in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Leiolepis guentherpetersi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Peters' Butterfly Lizard a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.