Nactus pelagicus

Zug, George R. & Fisher, Robert N., 2012, A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands, Zootaxa 3257, pp. 22-37 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.215495

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5626039

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039587AC-FFE1-D008-FF22-FB2BDE41FAB2

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Plazi

scientific name

Nactus pelagicus
status

 

Admiralty Islands Nactus pelagicus species group members

Our examination of Nactus specimens from the Admiralty Islands identifies two distinct morphotypes. One of them shares characteristics with populations of Nactus pelagicus from Oceania. The other morphotype is striking in its color pattern, differing from any other Nactus population; this morphotype also possesses a number of differences in scalation and is also genetically very distinctive. It represents a new species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Gekkonidae

Genus

Nactus

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