Biology:Mokopirirakau
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Short description: Genus of lizards
| Mokopirirakau | |
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| Forest gecko (M. granulatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Mokopirirakau Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011 |
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Mokopirirakau is a genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae. Mokopirirakau is endemic to New Zealand. Mokopirirakau, meaning "forest gecko", is derived from the Māori language.[1]
Species
The entire genus was previously placed in the genus Hoplodactylus. It includes at least five species:[2]
- Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus (Jewell & Leschen, 2004) – Takitimu gecko
- Mokopirirakau galaxias Knox, Hitchmough, Nielsen, Jewell & Bell, 2021[3]
- Mokopirirakau granulatus (Gray, 1845) – forest gecko
- Mokopirirakau kahutarae (Whitaker, 1985) – black-eyed gecko
- Mokopirirakau nebulosus (McCann, 1955) – cloudy gecko
Greater diversity within the genus is expected to emerge from research, including the following populations.
- Mokopirirakau "cupola", the Cupola gecko[1]
- Mokopirirakau "Roys Peak", found in Central Otago and Queenstown-Lakes district[4]
- Mokopirirakau "Ōkārito", found in Westland[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mokopirirakau "Cupola"" (in en-nz). New Zealand Government. https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/reptiles-and-frogs-distribution/atlas/atlas-details/?SpeciesID=13501.
- ↑ Mokopirirakau at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2017.
- ↑ Knox, Carey; Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Nielsen, Stuart V.; Jewell, Tony; Bell, Trent (2021-04-21). "A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau ) from North Otago, New Zealand" (in en). Zootaxa 4964 (1): 140–156. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33903532. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4964.1.7.
- ↑ Knox, Carey; Jewell, Tony; Monks, Joanne (14 March 2019). "Ecology of orange-spotted geckos (Mokopirirakau "Roys Peak") in Central Otago and Queenstown-Lakes district". New Zealand Journal of Ecology 43 (2). doi:10.20417/nzjecol.43.14.
- ↑ "Mokopirirakau "Okarito" | NZHS". https://www.reptiles.org.nz/herpetofauna/native/mokopirirakau-okarito.
- ↑ "Broad-cheeked gecko" (in en-nz). https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/reptiles-and-frogs/lizards/geckos/broad-cheeked-gecko/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3319386 entry
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