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A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand

  • 1. Wildlands Consultants Ltd, 764 Cumberland St, North Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
  • 2. Department of Conservation PO Box 10-420, Wellington 6143, New Zealand
  • 3. Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, MI 48128, USA; Division of Herpetology, Department of Natural History, Florida Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
  • 4. 35 Brown Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
  • 5. Wildland Consultants Ltd, 4 Mohuia Street, PO Box 50539, Elsdon, Porirua 5240, New Zealand

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Knox, Carey, Hitchmough, Rodney A., Nielsen, Stuart V., Jewell, Tony, Bell, Trent (2021): A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4964 (1): 140-156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.7

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