Harlequin gecko

For the distinctive type of paneling from New Zealand, see Tukutuku

Harlequin gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Diplodactylidae
Genus:Tukutuku
Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough and Daugherty, 2011
Species: T. rakiurae
Binomial name
Tukutuku rakiurae
(B. Thomas, 1981)
Distribution map of Tukutuku rakiurae in Stewart Island.
Distribution map of Tukutuku rakiurae in Stewart Island.
Synonyms[2]
  • Hoplodactylus rakiurae
    B. Thomas, 1981
  • Tukutuku rakiurae
    — Nielsen et al., 2011

The harlequin gecko (Tukutuku rakiurae)[3] (formerly Hoplodactylus rakiurae),[4] is a species of gecko endemic to Stewart Island/Rakiura in the far south of New Zealand, where it was discovered in 1969.[5] In terms of distribution it is one of the southernmost gecko species in the world.[6]

Conservation status

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the harlequin gecko as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group. 2017. Tukutuku rakiurae. (amended version published in 1996) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T10252A120187896. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10252/0 Downloaded on 09 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tukutuku rakiurae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Tukutuku rakiurae, Harlequin gecko. New Zealand Lizards Database. Landcare Research.
  4. ↑ "The taxonomy of the New Zealand geckos has recently been extensively revised...". New Zealand Herpetological Society.
  5. ↑ Gill, Brian; Whitaker, Tony (1996). New Zealand Frogs and Reptiles. David Bateman Publishing.
  6. ↑ Ballance, Allison; Morris, Rod (2008). Rare Wildlife of New Zealand. Random House Publishing.
  7. ↑ Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony (2012). "Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012" (PDF). Department of Conservation. The Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

Further reading

  • Nielsen SV, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Hitchmough RA, Daugherty CH (2011). "New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 1-22. (Tukutuku, new genus; Tukutuku rakiurae, new combination).
  • Thomas BW (1981). "Hoplodactylus rakiurae n. sp. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand, and comments on the taxonomic status of Heteropholis nebulosus McCann". New Zealand J. Zool. 8: 37-47. (Hoplodactylus rakiurae, new species).


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