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Dactylocnemis pacificus (GRAY, 1842)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pacific Gecko 
SynonymNaultinus pacificus — GRAY 1842
Naultinus pacifica — GRAY 1842
Platydactylus duvaucelii — GRAY (in DIEFFENBACH) 1843
Platydactylus Pacificus — DUMÉRIL 1851
Hoplodactylus pomarii GIRARD 1857: 197 (fide BOULENGER 1885)
Gehyra oceanica — GIRARD (partim) 1858
Dactylocnemis wüllerstorfii FITZINGER 1861
Dactylocnemis wullerstorfii FITZINGER 1861 (fide KLUGE 1993)
Dactylocnemis pacificus — STEINDACHNER 1867
Hoplodactylus pacificus — BOULENGER 1885: 173
Hoplodactylus pacificus — BURT & BURT 1932
Hoplodactylus duvaucellii — HARD 1954 (partim)
Nautlinus pacificus — CHRAPLIWY et al. 1961
Hoplodactylus pacificus — WERMUTH 1965: 95
Hoplodactylus pacificus — WEVER 1973
Hoplodactylus pacificus — RÖSLER 2000: 90
Dactylocnemis pacificus — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Dactylocnemis pacificus — HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016 
DistributionNew Zealand (North Island and most nearshore island groups)

Type locality: South Sea Island.  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.22.67. Designation by Bauer (1980).
Holotype: USNM 5690 [Hoplodactylus pomarii] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (370 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: See also Hoplodactylus maculatus for synonymy. For instance, KLUGE 1993 listed brevidactylus as a possible synonym of pacificus.

Type species: Dactylocnemis pacificus (GRAY 1842) is the type species of the genus Dactylocnemis STEINDACHNER 1867. 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Burt, Charles E.; Burt, May Danheim 1932. Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VI. Pacific island amphibians and reptiles in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (5): 461-597 - get paper here
  • Chrapliwy, P. S., H. M. Smith, and C. Grant. 1961. Systematic status of the geckonid lizard genera Gehyra, Peropus, Hoplodactylus and Naultinus. Herpetologica 17: 5-12 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1869. Observations on Reptiles of the old world. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1868: 316-323 - get paper here
  • Fitzinger, L. J. 1861. Die Ausbeute der österreichischen Naturforscher an Säugethieren und Reptilien während der Weltumsegelung Sr. Majestät Fregatte Novara. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 42: 383—416 - get paper here
  • Girard,C. 1858. Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the US. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Third Part. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 9: 181-182 [1857] - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of some new species of Reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. Zoological Miscellany 2: 57-59. - 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. A Photographic Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand [with corrections and comments in Chapple & Hitchmough 2009]. New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd,Auckland, 143 pp.
  • Macredie, Grant 1984. The lizard fauna of Castle Rock, Coromandel, New Zealand. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15 (1-2): 37-40
  • 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
  • Robb,J. 1980. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour. Collins, Auckland, 128 pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Studien an den Begattungsorganen der Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota) - 3. Die Hemipenismorphologie von Arten der Gattungen Hoplodactylus FITZINGER 1843, Naultinus GRAY 1842, Oedura GRAY 1842, Rhacodactylus FITZINGER 1843 und Strophurus FITZINGER 1843 (Gek Gekkota 2: 220-248
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rowlands, R.P.V. 1977. Two forms of the gecko Hoplodactylus pacificus; a comparative study. Pepeke 2(1):pp. ?
  • Wever, Ernest Glen 1973. Closure Muscles of the External Auditory Meatus in Gekkonidae. Journal of Herpetology 7 (4): 323-329 - 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.
  • Zietz, F. R. 1920. Catalogue of Australian lizards. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 1: 181-228 - get paper here
  • Zug, G.R. 1985. Pacific Island Lizards: Status of Type Specimens from the US Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 Copeia 1985 (1): 150-154. - get paper here
 
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