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Nactus

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Nactus is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Oceania.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Nactus is referenced by 43 other articles, and connects out to Nactus pelagicus, Animalia and Oceania.

It sits within the topics Lizard genera, Nactus and Taxa named by Arnold G. Kluge.

Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyGekkonidae
Observations recorded8,939

Nactus – rodzaj jaszczurki z rodziny gekonowatych (Gekkonidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,290
With media
5
Family
Gekkonidae
Collections
ANWC, LSUMZ
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
gecko
Image
Nactus pelagicus.jpg
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Commons category
Nactus
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Nactus
topic's main category
Category:Nactus
taxon author citation
Kluge, 1983
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Encyclopedic overview

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Nactus is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Oceania.

==Species== The following 35 species are recognized as being valid, and some species have recognized subspecies. Nactus acutus Kraus, 2005 Nactus aktites Zug, 2020 – Madang coastal slender-toed gecko Nactus allenallisoni Zug, 2020 – Madang slender-toed gecko Nactus alotau Zug, 2020 – southern forest slender-toed gecko Nactus amplus Zug, 2020 – Louisiade giant slender-toed gecko Nactus arceo Zug, 2020 – Morotai slender-toed gecko Nactus arfakianus Meyer, 1874 – Arafak slender-toed gecko Nactus cheverti (Boulenger, 1885) – Chevert's gecko, southern Cape York nactus Nactus chrisaustini Zug, 2020 – Milne Bay pygmy slender-toed gecko Nactus coindemirensis Bullock, Arnold & Bloxam, 1985 – lesser night gecko Nactus eboracensis (Macleay, 1877) Nactus erugatus Zug, 2020 – Milne Bay smooth-tailed slender-toed gecko Nactus fredkrausi Zug, 2020 – Kraus's giant slender-toed gecko Nactus galgajuga (Ingram, 1978) – Black Mountain gecko, Black Mountain slender-toed gecko Nactus grevifer Zug, 2020 – Torricelli slender-toed gecko Nactus heteronotus (Boulenger, 1885) – central savanna slender-toed gecko Nactus intrudusus Zug, 2020 – Markham slender-toed gecko Nactus inundatus Zug, 2020 – Fly River slender-toed gecko Nactus kamiali Zug, 2020 – Kamiali slender-toed gecko Nactus kunan Fisher & Zug, 2012 Nactus modicus Zug, 2020 – Louisiade slender-toed gecko Nactus multicarinatus (Günther, 1872) Nactus nanus Zug, 2020 – dwarf North-coast slender-toed gecko Nactus notios Zug, 2020 – southern mountains slender-toed gecko Nactus panaeati Zug, 2020 – Panaeati slender-toed gecko Nactus papua Zug, 2020 – Papuan slender-toed gecko Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858) – pelagic gecko, Pacific slender-toed gecko, rock gecko Nactus rainerguentheri Zug, 2020 – Vogelkop slender-toed gecko Nactus robertfisheri Zug, 2020 – Bismarcks slender-toed gecko Nactus septentrionalis Zug, 2020 – North Coast Papuan slender-toed gecko Nactus serpensinsula (Loveridge, 1951) – Serpent Island gecko Nactus soniae Arnold & Bour, 2008 - extinct Nactus sphaerodactylodes Kraus, 2005 Nactus undulatus (Kopstein, 1926) – Kei rock gecko Nactus vankampeni (Brongersma, 1933) – van Kampen's gecko

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