Cloudy gecko

The cloudy gecko (Mokopirirakau nebulosus) is a species of gecko that is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It is found on Stewart Island and outlying islands. It is an arboreal species which prefers a cold, wet climate.[3] Its appearance is very similar in pattern and colour to the forest gecko (M. granulatus); however, there is usually more green and brown rather than grey, and the pattern is less distinct.[4]

Cloudy gecko
CITES Appendix III (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Mokopirirakau
Species:
M. nebulosus
Binomial name
Mokopirirakau nebulosus
(McCann, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Naultinus granulatus
  • Naultinus brevidactylus
  • Naultinus maculatus
  • Naultinus greyii
  • Naultinus versicolor
  • Hoplodactylus granulatus
  • Hoplodactylus nebulosus
  • Heteropholis nebulosus

References
  1. Listed by New Zealand
  2. "Mokopirirakau nebulosus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. "Mokopirirakau nebulosus | NZHS". www.reptiles.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  4. "Mokopirirakau nebulosus | NZHS". www.reptiles.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-01-30.


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