Mokopirirakau kahutarae (WHITAKER, 1985)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Black-eyed Gecko
Synonym	Hoplodactylus kahutarae WHITAKER 1985: 260 Haplodactylus kahutarae — ZOOLOGICAL RECORD Hoplodactylus kahutarae — BAUER 1990: 115 Hoplodactylus kahutarae — KLUGE 1993 Hoplodactylus kahutarae — RÖSLER 2000: 90 Mokopirirakau kahutarae — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Distribution	New Zealand (Seaward Kaikoura Range, South Island) Type locality: West side of Kahutara Saddle, Seaward Kaikoura Range (42° 19’ 22 ‘’ S, 173° 26’ 06’’ E), 1380 m elevation.
Reproduction	Viviparous
Types	Holotype: NMNZ R 1980, adult female. Paratypes: NMNZ
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Medium-sized Hoplodactylus. Eyes large, with prominent eyebrows, iris black. Body scales very small. Toes long, slender, tapering gradually from sole to claw. Apical plates not enlarged. Dark olive grey above, with 6 (usually) or 7 lighter transverse bands across body, undersurface white. (Whitaker 1985) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 1.75 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material.
Comment	Distribution: see map in Bauer 1990: 115 (Fig. 37)
Etymology	named after the type locality.
References	Bauer, A.M. 1990. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Carphodactylini (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Bonner zool. Monogr. 30: 1-220 - 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 KNOX, CAREY; RODNEY A. HITCHMOUGH, STUART V. NIELSEN, TONY JEWELL, TRENT BELL 2021. A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4964 (1): 140–156 - get paper here 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, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 WAITE, JENNIFER & COLLIER, KATHLEEN 2012. Range extension of the black-eyed gecko (Mokopirirakau kahutarae) in Kahurangi National Park. BioGecko (1): 40 - get paper here Whitaker, A.H. 1985. Hoplodactylus kahutarae n. sp. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from the Seaward Kaikoura Range, Marlborough, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 11: 259-270 (1984) - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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