Dactylocnemis

Dactylocnemis
Close up of head and upper body of a Pacific gecko, D. pacificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Diplodactylidae
Genus:Dactylocnemis
Steindachner, 1867
Species: D. pacificus
Binomial name
Dactylocnemis pacificus
Gray, 1842
Synonyms

Hoplodactylus pacificus

Dactylocnemis 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]

Dactylocnemis pacificus

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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