Serpent Island gecko

The Serpent Island gecko (Nactus serpensinsula) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Mauritius.[1]

Serpent Island gecko
Round Island Night Gecko (Nactus serpensinsula ssp. durrellorum), August 1989, Mauritius
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Nactus
Species:
N. serpensinsula
Binomial name
Nactus serpensinsula
(Loveridge, 1951)
Synonyms[3]
  • Gymnodactylus serpensinsula Loveridge, 1951
  • Cyrtodatylus serpeninsula [sic] — Underwood, 1954
  • Cyrtodatylus serpensinsula
  • Nactus serpensinsula
    — Kluge, 1983

The Serpent Island gecko is a monotypic species, it is only found in the Serpent Island of Mauritius. The Durrell's night gecko, endemic to the Round Island, was previously treated as a subspecies of Serpent Island gecko.[3]

On Mauritius itself, it is only known from fossils.[3]

References
  1. Cole, N.; Tatayah, V. (2018). "Nactus serpensinsula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T17424269A17424282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17424269A17424282.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Nactus serpensinsula at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 March 2015.

Further reading
  • Arnold EN, Jones CG (1994). "The night geckos of the genus Nactus in the Mascarene Islands with a description of the population on Round Island". Dodo 30: 119-131. (Nactus serpensinsula durrelli [sic], new subspecies).
  • Loveridge A (1951). "A New Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from Serpent Island". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 64: 91-92. (Gymnodactylus serpensinsula, new species).
  • Michels JP, Bauer AM (2004). "Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52: 83-94. (Nactus serpensinsula durrellorum [sic], corrected name).


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