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Correlophus ciliatus GUICHENOT, 1866

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Crested Gecko, Eyelash Gecko
G: Kronengecko 
SynonymCorrelophus ciliatus GUICHENOT 1866: 249
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — BOULENGER 1883
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — BOULENGER 1885: 180
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — ROUX 1913: 102
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — WERMUTH 1965: 158
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — KLUGE 1993
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — RÖSLER 2000: 108
Correlophus ciliatus — BAUER et al. 2012
Rhacodactylus ciliatus — BAUER 2013 (plates) 
DistributionEC New Caledonia

Type locality: New Caledonia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 701A (designated by Bauer 1990) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). Correlophus may be distinguished from all other New Caledonian diplodactylid geckos by the following combination of character states: body large (to 135 mm SVL); head large; tail approximately 80–92% of SVL; dorsal scalation granular, homogeneous or mostly so; extensive skin folds lacking, but small ventrolateral folds and folds on the posterior margins of the limbs present in some species; a pair of crests comprised of enlarged triangular scales extending from behind orbits and onto body dorsum, or pale markings delimiting the equivalent area; expanded undivided subdigital lamellae under all toes; webbing between digits weakly to moderately developed; claw of digit I of manus and pes positioned lateral to a single, undivided apical lamella; precloacal pores in two to three rows in males (40–60 pores in total), extending on to basal 40% of thighs; dorsal color pattern brown, olive, yellowish, reddish, or orangey usually with or without contrasting markings on the crown, vertebral area or on flanks; venter beige to color of dorsum.


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CommentPhoto on the cover of Herp. Review 31 (3), 2000.

Conservation: Maybe extinct according to BAUER & SADLIER (1993), but rediscovered on the Île des Pins in the 1990s (Storelli 1994; Seipp & Klemmer 1994; Kullmann 1995). Since then it has become one of the most popular of all lizard pets and is bred in at least the tens of thousands around the world (Baldwin & Repashy 1998; Both 1999; Bach 2006).

Type Species: Correlophus ciliatus Guichenot, 1866 is the type species of the genus Correlophus GUICHENOT 1866.

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.

Genome: Gumangan et al. 2024.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin cilium = eyelash, referring to shape of the scales above the eye and along the dorsal side of the body. 
References
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  • Bach, S. 2004. Haltung und Nachzucht des Höckerkopfgeckos, Rhacodactylus auriculatus BAVAY 1869. Draco 5 (18): 82-87 - get paper here
  • Bach, S. 2006. Der Kronengecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 64 pp. - get paper here
  • Bauer, A. M. & SADLIER, R. A. 2000. The herpetofauna of New Caledonia. Contributions to Herpetology, 17; Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York.
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  • Bauer, A.M. & Sadlier,R.A. 1993. Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the lizards of New Caledonia. Biodiv. Lett. 1: 107-122 - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M., and Sadlier, R.A. 2001. New data on the distribution, status, and biology of the giant New Caledonian geckos (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus spp.). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 2 (1): 24-29 [2000] - get paper here
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  • Grabar, Rachel D.; Casey A. Gilman, and Duncan J. Irschick 2016. Effects of Surface Diameter on Jumping Kinematics and Performance in Two Arboreal Gecko Species (Correlophus ciliatus and Rhacodactylus auriculatus). Herpetologica 72 (1): 32-39. - get paper here
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