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Tukutuku rakiurae (Stewart's Sticky-toed Gecko)

Synonyms: Hoplodactylus rakiurae

Wikipedia Abstract

The harlequin gecko, Tukutuku rakiurae (formerly Hoplodactylus rakiurae), is a species of gecko endemic to Stewart Island/Rakiura in the far south of New Zealand, where it was discovered in 1969. In terms of distribution it is one of the southernmost gecko species in the world.
View Wikipedia Record: Tukutuku rakiurae

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Tukutuku rakiurae

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal, Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Viviparous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Rakiura Island temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0