Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha Superfamilia: Pygopodoidea

Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus (Jewell & Leschen, 2004)

Holotype: NMNZ Re. 2514, juvenile ♀, collected by Tony Jewell on 14 March 1996.
Type locality: “New Zealand, SL, southern branch of Spence Burn, Takitimu Mts, grid ref. NZMG 21099 57879, 45°42S, 167°51E, 1140m”.

Hoplodactylus cryptozoicus Jewell & Leschen, 2004: 2 [original combination]
Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus — Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011 [subsequent combination]

Jewell, T.R. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2004. A new species of Hoplodactylus (Reptilia: Pygopodidae) from the Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 792(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.792.1.1 Reference page.
Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Hitchmough, R.A. & Daugherty, C.H. 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007 Reference page.

Hitchmough, R.A., Patterson, G.K. & Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009. New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page.
Jewell, T. 2007. Hoplodactylus cryptozoicus (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae): extensions to distribution, habitat and morphology. Herpetofauna 37(1): 27–31.

Hitchmough, R., van Winkel, D., Lettink, M. & Chapple, D. 2019. IUCN: Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T120188714A120192524. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120188714A120192524.en. Accessed on 07 October 2025.