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Toropuku stephensi
Cook Strait Striped Gecko

Previously Hoplodactylus stevensi


Description:

Looks very similar to the Goldstripe Gecko, brown with paler stripes.

Distribution:

Stephens and Maud Islands in the Marlborough Sounds, and on the Coromandel Peninsular.

Ecology

Nocturnal and arboreal.

Habitat:

Coastal scrub and forest.

 

Photos: Mike Meads and Bruce Thomas
Photo used with permission from the Information Resource Centre, Department of Conservation.
 
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