Dactylocnemis
Close up of head and upper body
CITES Appendix III (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[2] D. pacificus is the only described species in the genus Dactylocnemis, but five offshore island forms may represent new species.[3]

References

  1. Listed by New Zealand
  2. 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.
  3. Chapple, David G. (2016), Chapple, David G. (ed.), "Synthesising Our Current Knowledge of New Zealand Lizards", New Zealand Lizards, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1–11, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41674-8_1, ISBN 978-3-319-41674-8, retrieved 2021-05-24


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