''Dactylocnemis pacificus'', the Pacific gecko or Pacific sticky-toed gecko, is a species in the

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Gekkonidae Gekkonidae (the common geckos) is the largest family of geckos, containing over 950 described species in 64 genera. Members of the Gekkonidae comprise many of the most widespread gecko species, including house geckos (''Hemidactylus''), tokay ge ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

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and offshore islands of

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. ''D. pacificus'' is the only described species in the genus ''Dactylocnemis'', but five offshore island forms may represent new species. Hoplodactylus pacificus by David Waters

References

External links

Pacific gecko
at New Zealand Herpetological Society
''Dactylocnemis pacificus'' (Gray, 1842)
at the Reptile Database

photos at Ryan Photographic Diplodactylidae Endemic fauna of New Zealand Reptiles of New Zealand Taxa named by Franz Steindachner Monotypic lizard genera Endemic reptiles of New Zealand {{Diplodactylidae-stub