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Serpent Island gecko

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Species of lizard

Serpent Island gecko
Round Island Night Gecko (Nactus serpensinsula ssp. durrellorum), August 1989, Mauritius
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Nactus
Species: N. serpensinsula
Binomial name
Nactus serpensinsula
(Loveridge, 1951)
Synonyms
  • Gymnodactylus serpensinsula Loveridge, 1951
  • Cyrtodatylus serpeninsula — Underwood, 1954
  • Cyrtodatylus serpensinsula
  • Nactus serpensinsula
    — Kluge, 1983

The Serpent Island gecko (Nactus serpensinsula) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Serpent Island in Mauritius (an island country in the Indian Ocean).

The Serpent Island gecko is a monotypic species. The Durrell's night gecko, endemic to the Round Island of Mauritius, was previously treated as a subspecies of Serpent Island gecko.

On Mauritius itself, it is only known from fossils.

References

  1. ^ Cole, N.; Tatayah, V. (2018). "Nactus serpensinsula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T17424269A17424282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17424269A17424282.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Nactus serpensinsula at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 March 2015.

Further reading

  • Arnold EN, Jones CG (1994). "The night geckos of the genus Nactus in the Mascarene Islands with a description of the population on Round Island". Dodo 30: 119-131. (Nactus serpensinsula durrelli , new subspecies).
  • Loveridge A (1951). "A New Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from Serpent Island". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 64: 91-92. (Gymnodactylus serpensinsula, new species).
  • Michels JP, Bauer AM [fr] (2004). "Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52: 83-94. (Nactus serpensinsula durrellorum , corrected name).
Taxon identifiers
Nactus serpensinsula


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