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Tukutuku rakiurae (THOMAS, 1981)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Harlequin gecko 
SynonymHoplodactylus rakiurae THOMAS 1981
Hoplodactylus rakiurae — KLUGE 1993
Hoplodactylus rakiurae — RÖSLER 1995: 71
Tukutuku rakiurae — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Tukutuku kurakiurae — BAUER 2013 (plates; in error) 
DistributionNew Zealand (Southern Stewart Island)

Type locality: southern Tin Range, Stewart Island (47°8'30"S, 167°44'30"E).  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMNZ R1825, adult female; paratypes: NMNZ 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Gecko with one of the most southern distribution (except some South American species which may get further south).

Type species: Tukutuku rakiurae (Thomas, 1981) is the type species of the genus Tukutuku NIELSEN et al. 2011. 
EtymologyThe specific name is derived from “Rakiura”, the Maori name for Stewart Island.

The genus was named after a Maori word for ornamental lattice-work, often intricate and beautiful, referring to the sole species’ unique dorsal coloration pattern. Maori nouns typically have no gender, but the authors treat Tukutuku as masculine for the purposes of nomenclatural construction. 
References
  • Bauer, A.M. 2013. Geckos - The Animal Answer Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press, 159 pp.
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Henle, K. 1981. Die Herpetofauna Neuseelands, Teil 4: Endemische Geckos. Herpetofauna 3 (15): 16-19 - get paper here
  • Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Geoffrey B. Patterson, and David G. Chapple 2016. Putting a Name to Diversity: Taxonomy of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 87-108 - get paper here
  • Jewell, Tony 2008. Hoplodactylus rakiurae: New Zealand's Enigmatic Harlequin. Gekko 5 (2): 19-24
  • Macredie, Grant 1998. The Harlequin gecko Hoplodactylus rakiurae (Thomas 1980). Dactylus 3 (2): 61-62
  • Nielsen, Stuart V.; Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, Rod A. Hitchmough and Charles H. Daugherty 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 1-22 - get paper here
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160
  • Thomas, B.W. 1981. Hoplodactylus rakiurae n. sp. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand and comments on the taxonomic status of Heteropholis nebulosus McCann. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 33- 47 - get paper here
  • Titus, Daron 2022. Baseline lizard survey and lizard habitat identification on Mamaku Point Conservation Reserve Southern Institute of Technology, NZ - get paper here
  • Winkel, D. van, Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp.
 
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