| Crested gecko | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Correlophus |
| Species: | C. ciliatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Correlophus ciliatus Guichenot, 1866
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| Approximate distribution of the crested gecko | |
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The crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus), also known commonly as the eyelash gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is native to southern New Caledonia. In 1866, the crested gecko was originally described by French zoologist Alphonse Guichenot.[1][2] The species was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1994 during an expedition led by German herpetologist Robert Seipp.[3][4] Along with several other New Caledonian gecko species, it is being considered for protected status by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna.
- ^ a b Sadlier, R.A.; Bauer, A.M.; Jourdan, H.; Astrongatt, S.; Deuss, M.; Duval, T.; Bourguet, E.; McCoy, S.; Bouteiller, A.; Lagrange, A. (2021). "Correlophus ciliatus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176173A123253756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176173A123253756.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Correlophus ciliatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 April 2019.
- ^ Hamper, Robbie (2003). The crested gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus, in captivity. Lansing, Mich.: ECO Publishing. ISBN 0971319758. OCLC 190641818.
- ^ Seipp, Robert; Klemmer, Konrad (1994). "Wiederentdeckung von Rhacodactylus ciliatus Guichenot 1866 im Süden Neukaledoniens (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) ". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 74 (1/2): 199–204. (in German).