Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Gehyra oceanica LESSON 1830 (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Gecko oceanicus LESSON 1830 (synonym)

Gehira oceanica COCHEREAU 1974 (synonym)

Gehyra gularis GRAY 1842 (synonym)

Gehyra oceania BROWN 1956 (synonym)

Gehyra Pacifica GRAY 1834 (synonym)

Hemidactylus Oualensis DUMÉRIL 1836 (synonym)

Hemidactylus ovalensis WERNER 1900 (synonym)

Peropus oceanicus BARBOUR 1912 (synonym)

Peropus (Perodactylus) oualensis FITZINGER 1843 (synonym)

Stellio argyropus TILESIUS 1820 (synonym)

Common name:

Pacific Dtella

Classification:

Animalia

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Phylum Chordata

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Class Reptilia

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Order Squamata

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Family Gekkonidae

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Genus Gehyra

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Distribution:

New Guinea, Guam ?, Society Islands, most island groups in Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia Australia (questionable records from the islands of Torres Strait), Australia (questionable records from Queensland and Northern Territory), Western Samoa, Solo

Additional data:

Records from Lord Howe Island are erroneous. Records from Norfolk Island are erroneous. Records from New Zealand are accidental, non-established introductions. Populations on Guam may now be extinct as a result of predation by the introduced snake Boiga irregularis. see discussion in Bauer (1994) for nomenclatorial issues.

Source database:

TIGR Reptile Database , Oct 2007

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Uetz P.

Online resource:

http://www.tigr.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e9f9a1be-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:ac2008


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