Mokopirirakau galaxias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Mokopirirakau
Species: Mokopirirakau galaxias

Name

Mokopirirakau galaxias Knox, Hitchmough, Nielsen, Jewell & Bell, 2021: 145

• Holotype: NZMZ RE.008613, adult ♂, collected by C. Knox and T. Jewell on 14 January 2020.
• Type locality: “an undisclosed location within Oteake Conservation Park, North Otago, New Zealand. The collection site are between latitudes of 44°35’S–44°58’S, longitudes of 169°43’E–170°19’E, and altitudes of 1,300-1,600 m ASL”.

References

Primary references

• Knox, C., Hitchmough, R.A., Nielsen, S.V., Jewell, T. & Bell, T. 2021. A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4964(1): 140–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hura te ao Gecko