Dactylocnemis
| Dactylocnemis | |
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| Close up of head and upper body of a Pacific gecko, D. pacificus | |
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.[1]
References
- ^ 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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