Black-eyed gecko

Black-eyed gecko
CITES Appendix III (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Mokopirirakau
Species:
M. kahutarae
Binomial name
Mokopirirakau kahutarae
(A. Whitaker, 1985)
Synonyms[3]
  • Hoplodactylus kahutarae
    A. Whitaker, 1985
  • Mokopirirakau kahutarae
    — Nielsen et al., 2011

The black-eyed gecko (Mokopirirakau kahutarae), also known commonly as Whitaker's sticky-toed gecko,[4] is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. An alpine gecko species, discovered in 1970, it inhabits high-altitude mountains in three areas of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the highest-altitude lizard species in New Zealand, living up to 2,200 m (7,200 ft) above sea level.

  1. ^ Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M.; Chapple, D. (2019). "Mokopirirakau kahutarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10251A120188625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T10251A120188625.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Listed by New Zealand
  3. ^ "Mokopirirakau kahutarae ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Whitaker's Sticky-toed Gecko Hoplodactylus kahutarae Whitaker, 1985", p. 284).