Harlequin gecko
| Harlequin gecko | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Tukutuku Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty, 2011 |
| Species: | T. rakiurae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tukutuku rakiurae (Thomas, 1981) | |
| Distribution map of Tukutuku rakiurae on Stewart Island. | |
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The harlequin gecko (Tukutuku rakiurae), formerly Hoplodactylus rakiurae, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Stewart Island / Rakiura in the far south of New Zealand, where it was discovered in 1969. In terms of distribution it is one of the southernmost gecko species in the world.