New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-25007 Takitimu gecko (Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus) male. An 'alpine gecko' discovered by Tony Jewell in 1999. Alpine geckos such as this share a close evolutionary relationship with forest geckos. Occasional individual geckos of this elusive species have turned up in forest at lower altitudes, indicating a much wider range than first thought *

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11003-25007 Takitimu gecko (Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus) male. An 'alpine gecko' discovered by Tony Jewell in 1999. Alpine geckos such as this share a close evolutionary relationship with forest geckos. Occasional individual geckos of this elusive species have turned up in forest at lower altitudes, indicating a much wider range than first thought *

Takitimu gecko 25007 alpine forest Hoplodactylus cryptozoicus male Mokopirirakau camouflage camouflaged