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Duvaucel's gecko

Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Duvaucel's gecko, Hoplodactylus duvaucelli, North Brother Island, New Zealand
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Open encyclopedia reference

Duvaucel's gecko (Hoplodactylus duvaucelii) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand and regarded as 'at risk' by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) due to distribution limitations.

Wikipedia contributors, Duvaucel's gecko; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:53:19.092845+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Name authority: (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)
Common name: Duvaucel's gecko
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Hoplodactylus
Extinction status: Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
kingdomAnimalia
phylumChordata
subphylumVertebrata
infraphylumGnathostomata
parvphylumOsteichthyes
megaclassTetrapoda
classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
suborderGekkota
familyDiplodactylidae
genusHoplodactylus
speciesHoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duméril & Bibron, 1836)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hoplodactylus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Hoplodactylus tohu Scarsbrook, Walton, Rawlence & Hitchmough, 2023	DiplodactylidaeChordata	Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Platydactylus duvaucelii Duméril & Bibron, 1836 Duméril & Bibron, 1836	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

New Zealand (offshore islands of the northeast coast of the North island and islands of Cook Strait)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hoplodactylus&species=duvaucelii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3MLN9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.