Toropuku inexpectatus
Toropuku inexpectatus | |
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Northern striped gecko on a fern | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Diplodactylidae |
Genus: | Toropuku |
Species: | T. inexpectatus |
Binomial name | |
Toropuku inexpectatus |
Toropuku inexpectatus, the northern striped gecko, is a viviparous species of gecko found on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.[2][3]
Toropuku inexpectatus can grow to 95 mm (3.7 in) in snout–vent length.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Nielsen, Stuart V. & Bauer, Aaron M. (2020). "Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae)". Zootaxa. 4890 (4): 578–588. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4890.4.9.
- ^ a b "Northern striped gecko Toropuku inexpectatus (Hitchmough et al., 2020)". New Zealand Herpetological Society. 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ Toropuku inexpectatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 March 2024.