Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
November 6th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Mokopirirakau
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New Zealand Forest Geckos
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Neuseeländische Waldgeckos
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Newzealandske Skovgekkoer
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Mokopirirakau Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty (type species: Naultinus granulatus Gray 1845) |
Contents:
5 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
The species of this genus were previously placed in
Hoplodactylus (e.g., Bauer 1994). Mokopirirakau may include six as yet undescribed species (Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011).
Distribution:
New Zealand
(Cook Strait Islands,
North Island
[incl.
outlying islands],
South Island,
Stewart Island).
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Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus
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Takitimu Gecko
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Takitimu-Gecko
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Takitimu-gekko
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Hoplodactylus cryptozoicus Jewell & Leschen |
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Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011 |
Distribution:
New Zealand
(South Island).
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Mokopirirakau galaxias
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Southern Black-eyed Gecko, Hura Te Ao Gecko
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Oteake-Waldgecko
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Oteake-skovgekko
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2021 | |
Mokopirirakau galaxias Knox, Hitchmough, Nielsen, Jewell & Bell |
Distribution:
New Zealand
(South Island).
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Mokopirirakau granulatus
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Granular-scaled Forest Gecko, (Forest Gecko)
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Kleinschuppiger Waldgecko
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Finskællet Skovgekko
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1845 | |
Naultinus granulatus Gray |
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Hoplodactylus granulatus Hochstetter 1863 |
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Dactylocnemis granulatus Hutton & Drummond 1904 |
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Mokopirirakau granulatus Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011 |
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Naultinus sylvestris Buller (Bauer 1994) |
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"Genus B" silvestris [sic] Jewell 2008 |
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1885 | |
Naultinus versicolor Colenso (Bauer 1994) |
Other common names:
sylvestris: Ngahere Gecko
Remarks:
Jewell (2008) regarded sylvestris as a valid species, which was regarded as a synonym of granulatus by Bauer (1994) and presumably also Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty (2011), who did not mention sylvestris.
Distribution:
New Zealand
(Cook Strait Islands,
North Island
[incl.
outlying islands],
South Island).
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Mokopirirakau kahutarae
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Kahutara Black-eyed Gecko
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Kahutara-Waldgecko
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Kahutara-skovgekko
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Hoplodactylus kahutarae Whitaker |
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Mokopirirakau kahutarae Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011 |
Distribution:
New Zealand
(South Island).
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Mokopirirakau nebulosus
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New Zealand Cloudy Gecko
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Neuseeländischer Nebelgecko
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Newzealandsk Tågegekko
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Heteropholis nebulosus McCann |
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Hoplodactylus nebulosus Jewell & Leschen 2004 |
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Mokopirirakau nebulosus Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011 |
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of granulatus by Bauer (1994), but as a valid species in recent works (e.g., Daugherty, Patterson & Hitchmough 1994; Jewell 2008; Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011).
Distribution:
New Zealand
(Stewart Island).
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