DSC_7323 Harlequin gecko (Tukutuku rakiurae) showing the highly effective, disruptive patterning on a well camouflaged male basking on peat and cushion plants in tangle fern. Rakiura *
11003- 15001 Harlequin gecko (Tukutuku rakiurae) northern female on cushion plant. Northern animals are larger and greener with brown and yellowish markings. Rakiura *
11003-15024 Harlequin gecko (Tukutuku rakiurae) showing characteristic 'herringbone' pattern of this Stewart Island endemic - one one of the southern-most geckoes in the world. This gravid female, is beautifully camouflaged on manuka (Leptospermum scoparium), and is typical of the 'northern' iondividuals, which are larger and considerably greener than southern animals. Rakiura *
