Dactylocnemis | |
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Close up of head and upper body | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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.[2] D. pacificus is the only described species in the genus Dactylocnemis, but five offshore island forms may represent new species,[3] one of which is the Mokohinau gecko.