Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet (Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus), recorded as Endangered
Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet (Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet

Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus

Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet is a dwarf gecko in the family Sphaerodactylidae — Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus, recorded as Endangered and tied to Jamaica and Suriname.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus
Recorded from
Jamaica, Suriname
Taxonomy
Squamata · Sphaerodactylidae · Sphaerodactylus

Appearance

The snout-vent length in males and females is 34 and 33 millimeters respectively.​ Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet is a gecko in the genus Sphaerodactylus, family Sphaerodactylidae, order Squamata.

It was scientifically described by Gosse in 1850.

Range and habitat

It is distributed throughout Jamaica.

GBIF currently lists 69 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

Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet 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 Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3774497 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 Sphaerodactylus callocricus (Sphaerodactylus callocricus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sphaerodactylus callocricus

Sphaerodactylus callocricus
Photograph of Cochran's least gecko (Sphaerodactylus cochranae), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Cochran's least gecko

Sphaerodactylus cochranae
Photograph of Hispaniolan tailspot sphaero (Sphaerodactylus epiurus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Hispaniolan tailspot sphaero

Sphaerodactylus epiurus
Photograph of Neiba agave sphaero (Sphaerodactylus schuberti), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Neiba agave sphaero

Sphaerodactylus schuberti

Quick answers

What is Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet?
Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet is a dwarf gecko in the family Sphaerodactylidae — Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus.
What is the conservation status of Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet live?
It is distributed throughout Jamaica.
Why is Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Sphaerodactylus oxyrhinus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Jamaican Sharp-nosed Geckolet a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.