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Hoplodactylus stephensi
(Stephens Island Gecko, Stephens' Sticky-toed Gecko)
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| Scientific Name | Hoplodactylus stephensi |
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| Common Name | Stephens Island Gecko, Stephens' Sticky-toed Gecko |
| CITES Status | Appendix III Protected (New Zealand) (as of March 2006) |
| Life Span | unknown |
| Period | Nocturnal |
| Diet | Omnivore |
| Length | unknown |
| Weight | unknown |
| Terrestrial | unknown |
| Distrobution | Found only on Stephens and Maud Islands in New Zealand's Cook Strait |
| Notes | Similar to Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus, except lighter in colouration. |
| Sub-Species | None |
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| Humidity | unknown |
Daytime Temp | unknown |
| Nighttime Temp | unknown |
Basking Temp | unknown |
| Groups OK | unknown |
Territorial Males | unknown |
| Difficulty | unknown |
Temp-Sexed | unknown |
| Incubation Temp | unknown |
Incubation Time | unknown |
| Food | Insectivorous, and will occasionally take fruit, berries, and nectar |
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| ** There is also a variant of which only four have been discovered in Coromandel township, since 1997. All four have been found in the town itself. Due to lack of specimens found, it is uncertain as to whether it is a seperate species or not.
All members of the Hoplodactylus genera are nocturnal, but will come out to bask occasionally. All are insectivorous, and will occasionally take fruit, berries, and nectar. Generally ground dwellers, except for granulatus and delcourti (in theory!!!), though all are known to climb into foliage to feed (except for cryptozoicus and kahutarae as there is no foliage to climb).
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References
Mar 2006 - The EMBL Reptile Database
Mar 2006 - Hoplodactylus pacificus - SHARELL 1966 (partim)
Mar 2006 - Hoplodactylus stephensi ROBB 1980
Mar 2006 - Hoplodactylus stephensi - KLUGE 1993
Mar 2006 - Hoplodactylus stephensi - RSLER 2000: 90
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