Tukutuku rakiurae

Tukutuku rakiurae

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

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Tukutuku
Species: Tukutuku rakiurae

Name

Tukutuku rakiurae (Thomas, 1981)

• Holotype: NMNZ R1825, adult ♀, collected by H.A. Best on 2 February 1979.
• Type locality: “southern Tin Range, Stewart Island (47°8'30"S, 167°44'30"E)”.

Combinations

• Hoplodactylus rakiurae Thomas, 1981: 33 [original combination]
• Tukutuku rakiurae — Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011: 18 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• New Zealand: southern areas of Stewart Island.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, B.W. 1981. Hoplodactylus rakiurae n. sp. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand, and comments on the taxonomic status of Heteropholis nebulosus McCann. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8(1): 33–47. GoogleBooks 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. 

Additional references

• Hitchmough, R.A., Patterson, G.K. & Daugherty, C.H. (eds.) 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. 
• Macredie, G. 1998. The harlequin gecko Hoplodactylus rakiurae (Thomas 1980). Dactylus 3(2): 61–62.

Links

• Hitchmough, R., van Winkel, D., Lettink, M. & Chapple, D. 2019. IUCN: Tukutuku rakiurae  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T10252A120188000. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T10252A120188000.en. Accessed on 15 July 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Harlequin Gecko