Gigarcanum delcourti BAUER & RUSSELL, 1986
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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Common Names | E: Kawekaweau (Gecko) |
Synonym | Hoplodactylus delcourti — BAUER & RUSSELL 1986 Hoplodactylus delcorti — TOWNS 1988 Hoplodactylus delcourti — KLUGE 1993 Hoplodactylus delcourti — RÖSLER 2000: 90 Hoplodactylus delcourti — NIELSEN et al. 2011 Hoplodactylus delcourti — RÖSLER 2018: 6 Gigarcanum delcourti — HEINICKE et al. 2023 |
Distribution | New Zealand Type locality: “possibly North Island of New Zealand” |
Reproduction | Viviparous |
Types | Holotype: MMNH 1985-38 |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (854 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Conservation: This species is known only from a single specimen collected in the early 18th century and is probably now extinct. Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). Type species: Hoplodactylus delcourti BAUER & RUSSELL 1986 is the type species of the genus Gigarcanum HEINICKE et al. 2023. |
Etymology | Named after Alain Delcourt of the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Marseille. The genus name is a combination of two words: the Latin adjective gigas, meaning giant and taken from the Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς, and the Latin noun arcanum, meaning secret or mystery. The combination refers to the size of the type species and the unknown provenance of the only known specimen. The gender is neuter. |
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