Hoplodactylus pacificus

Pacific gecko
Hoplodactylus pacificus by David Waters
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hoplodactylus
Species: H. pacificus
Binomial name
Hoplodactylus pacificus
Gray, 1842

Hoplodactylus pacificus, the Pacific gecko or Pacific sticky-toed gecko, is a species in the family Gekkonidae, endemic to the North Island and offshore islands of New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. Nielsen SV, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Hitchmough RA, Daugherty CH (2010). "New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities.". Mol Phylogenet Evol 59 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007. PMID 21184833.
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