Stephen's Island gecko

Stephen's Island gecko
Stephen's Island gecko on Maud Island in the Marlborough Sounds
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Toropuku
Species:
T. stephensi
Binomial name
Toropuku stephensi
(Robb, 1980)
Synonyms[2]
  • Hoplodactylus stephensi
    Robb, 1980
  • Toropuku stephensi
    — Nielsen et al., 2011

The Stephen's Island gecko (Toropuku stephensi), also known commonly as the Cook Strait striped gecko,[3] Stephen's sticky-toed gecko, and the striped gecko, is a species of gecko in the genus Toropuku in the family Diplodactylidae.[4] The species is endemic to New Zealand.

  1. ^ Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M.; Chapple, D. (2019). "Toropuku stephensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10253A120187688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T10253A120187688.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Toropuku stephensi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony. "Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012" (PDF). Department of Conservation. The Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ^ Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Nielsen, Stuart V.; Bauer, Aaron M. (2020-12-04). "Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae)". Zootaxa. 4890 (4): 578–588. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4890.4.9. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33311111.