Biology:Dactylocnemis
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Short description: Genus of lizards
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Dactylocnemis Steindachner, 1867 |
| Species: | D. pacificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dactylocnemis pacificus Gray, 1842
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| Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ Listed by New Zealand
- ↑ "New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities.". Mol Phylogenet Evol 59 (1): 1–22. 2010. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007. PMID 21184833.
- ↑ Chapple, David G. (2016), Chapple, David G., ed., "Synthesising Our Current Knowledge of New Zealand Lizards" (in en), 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, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41674-8_1, retrieved 2021-05-24
External links
- Pacific gecko, at New Zealand Herpetological Society
- Dactylocnemis pacificus (Gray, 1842) at the Reptile Database
- Hoplodactylus pacificus - Pacific gecko, photos at Ryan Photographic
Wikidata ☰ Q3011741 entry
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