Critically Endangered
Sphaerodactylus callocricus
Sphaerodactylus callocricus
Sphaerodactylus callocricus is a dwarf gecko in the family Sphaerodactylidae, recorded as Critically Endangered.
The dwarf gecko
Sphaerodactylus callocricus is a dwarf gecko in the family Sphaerodactylidae.
Range and habitat
This species is endemic to the Samaná peninsula on eastern Dominican Republic. Within the peninsula, this species is not common, and is associated with karstic forests, where it can be encountered under stones, boulders, leaf litter and other debris. Specimen can also be seen during the day active on the forest floor.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
According to the most recent IUCN Red List assessment, S. Callocricus is listed as critically endangered (CR).The distribution of S. Callocricus is very restricted, and the species has been estimated to occupy a range of less than 100 km². Tourism development, small scale agriculture and pasture expansion are the main threats affecting this species. As they are very sensitive to habitat perturbations, this species is threatened by human activities.
The home range of the species is likewise drastically reduced, and recent surveys have failed to find surviving populations of this species in historical locations where habitat has been modified.
Sphaerodactylus callocricus 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 Sphaerodactylus callocricus, Wikidata item Q3493109. 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.
