Hoplodactylus maculatus

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Hoplodactylus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Hoplodactylus
Species: H. maculatus
Binomial name
Hoplodactylus maculatus

Hoplodactylus maculatus, the New Zealand 'common gecko', is a species in the family Gekkonidae. Maculatus means "speckled".[1]

A common gecko, captured and photographed in a private garden, Wellington, January, 2013

References

  1. New Zealand Frogs and Reptiles, Brian Gill and Tony Whitaker, David Bateman limited, 2001
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