Uroplatus phantasticus: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the uroplatus phantasticus lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Uroplatus phantasticus
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Gekkonidae

Where does the uroplatus phantasticus live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the uroplatus phantasticus in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Madagascar.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the uroplatus phantasticus endangered?

The uroplatus phantasticus’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the uroplatus phantasticus?

The uroplatus phantasticus (Uroplatus phantasticus) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Gekkonidae, genus Uroplatus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the uroplatus phantasticus

Uroplatus phantasticus, the satanic leaf-tailed gecko, eyelash leaf-tailed gecko or the phantastic leaf-tailed gecko, is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar. First described in 1888 by George Albert Boulenger, U. phantasticus is the smallest in body of the Uroplatus geckos, though there is an ongoing debate as to whether one of its cousins, U. ebenaui, is smaller because of its shorter tail.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Uroplatus phantasticus (revision 1342016666), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q873915 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).