Toropuku inexpectatus

Toropuku inexpectatus
A photograph of a Northern Striped Gecko, a light brown gecko with darker brown stripes, on a fern
Northern striped gecko on a fern
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Gekkota
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Toropuku
Species:
T. inexpectatus
Binomial name
Toropuku inexpectatus
Hitchmough, Nielsen, & Bauer, 2020[1]
Distribution of Toropuku inexpectatus on a map of the North Island
  Known native range

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

  1. ^ 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. PMID 33311111.
  2. ^ a b "Northern striped gecko Toropuku inexpectatus (Hitchmough et al., 2020)". New Zealand Herpetological Society. 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  3. ^ Toropuku inexpectatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 March 2024.


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