Naultinus grayii BELL, 1843

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Gray's Tree Gecko
Synonym	Naultinus Grayii BELL 1843: 27 Gymnodactylus Grayii — DUMÉRIL 1856 Naultinus graii — GIRARD 1858 Hoplodactylus grayi — FITZINGER 1861 Naultinus grayii — BULLER 1871 Naultinus punctatus — HUTTON 1872 (partim) Naultinus grayi — GÜNTHER 1875 Naultinus elegans — BOULENGER 1885 (partim) Naultinulus elegans — CHRAPLIWY et al. 1961 (partim) Naultinus simpsoni ROBB 1980 (nomen nudum) Naultinus elegans grayi — GILL 1986 Naultinus grayii — RÖSLER 2000: 96 Naultinus grayii — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Distribution	New Zealand (Northland, north of Whangaroa, North Island) Type locality: Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
Reproduction	Viviparous.
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.8.16
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy: Naultinus grayii has been synonymized with N. elegans by CHRAPLIWY et al. 1961. Max. snout-vent-length: 95 mm.
Etymology	Named after British zoologist John Edward Gray (1800 – 1875), Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum in London from 1840 until 1874, although he started working at the museum in 1824.
References	Bell, T. 1843. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin ... naturalist to the expedition. Part 5. Reptiles. London, Smith, Elder and Co., (1842-1843), vi + 51 pp. - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Buller, W. 1871. A list of the lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with descriptions. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 3 [1870]:4-11 - 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 Cree, Alison and Kelly M. Hare 2016. Reproduction and Life History of New Zealand Lizards. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 169-206 - 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 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. & Hitchmough, R.A. 1980. REVIEW OF THE GENUS Naultinus Gray (REPTILIA:GEKKONIDAE). Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus. 16: 189-200 Robb,J. 1980. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour. Collins, Auckland, 128 pp. Robb,J. 1986. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour, Revised Edition. Collins, Auckland Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 van Winkel, D., Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.gekkota.com/Photos/photos.html Google images Profile of Naultinus grayii on Reptarium

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