Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Yellow-snouted ground gecko (Lucasium occultum), recorded as Endangered
Yellow-snouted ground gecko (Lucasium occultum). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Yellow-snouted ground gecko

Lucasium occultum

Yellow-snouted ground gecko is a lizard or snake in the family Diplodactylidae — Lucasium occultum, recorded as Endangered and tied to Australia.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lucasium occultum
Recorded from
Australia
Taxonomy
Squamata · Diplodactylidae · Lucasium

Appearance

It is a terrestrial, nocturnal and insectivorous gecko, it is quite small, ocher-brown with lighter patterns. The head is red-yellow, with large eyes, and the legs are well separated, with widely spread toes.

Range and habitat

Yellow-snouted ground gecko is recorded from Australia.

GBIF currently lists 177 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

Yellow-snouted ground 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 Yellow-snouted ground gecko — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3265085 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 Yellow-snouted ground gecko?
Yellow-snouted ground gecko is a lizard or snake in the family Diplodactylidae — Lucasium occultum.
What is the conservation status of Yellow-snouted ground gecko?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lucasium occultum. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Yellow-snouted ground gecko live?
Yellow-snouted ground gecko is a gecko in the family Diplodactylidae.
Why is Yellow-snouted ground 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 Lucasium occultum?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Yellow-snouted ground gecko a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.