What is the conservation status of Yellow-headed day gecko?

Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Phelsuma klemmeri. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.

Is this the IUCN Red List page for Phelsuma klemmeri?

No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.

Is Yellow-headed day gecko a pet?

An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.

Endangered

Yellow-headed day gecko

Phelsuma klemmeri

Yellow-headed day gecko is a gecko in the family Gekkonidae — Phelsuma klemmeri, recorded as Endangered and tied to Madagascar.

Status: Endangered
Scientific name: Phelsuma klemmeri
Recorded from: Madagascar
CITES: Appendix II
Taxonomy: Squamata · Gekkonidae · Phelsuma
Records: Wikidata · GBIF · IUCN Red List

Appearance

The body colour of this slender and long-snouted gecko is turquoise blue at the upper and mid-back. The lower back is light brown. Another typical characteristic is the yellow head.

P. Klemmeri is small, reaching a total length (among them tail) of 3.25–3.75 in (8.3–9.5 cm).

Range and habitat

P. Klemmeri inhabits northwest Madagascar, along the coast. It is only known from the Ampasindava Peninsula (at Antsatsaka) and near Mandrozo Lake. P. Klemmeri typically lives in bamboo forest, at altitudes up to 400 m (1,300 ft).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

P. Klemmeri is primarily active during the cooler part of the day (diurnal) and likes to bask.

In crisis

This endangered species is endemic to northwestern Madagascar and inhabits coastal forests (both dry and humid), dwelling on bamboo.

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

Yellow-headed day 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-headed day gecko, Wikidata item Q882598. 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.