11003-38018 Kawekaweau (Hoplodactylus delcourti) the largest gecko thought to have ever lived, now extinct but at one time considered to have perhaps been an inhabitant of North Island forests. Its existance is based on the preserved skull, and skin of a single, very large gecko specimen (snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 370 mm) of unknown provenance located in the Marseilles Museum in France in 1986. The specimen was considered to support accounts by Māori and early European settlers of very large lizards (kawekaweau) in New Zealand, however it is now thought by some not be from this country, but of New Caledonian origin (Worthy 2016). Marseille, France *
11003-38014 Kawekaweau (Hoplodactylus delcourti) the largest gecko thought to have ever lived, now extinct but at one time considered to have perhaps been an inhabitant of North Island forests. Its existance is based on the preserved skull, and skin of a single, very large gecko specimen (snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 370 mm) of unknown provenance located in the Marseilles Museum in France in 1986. The specimen was considered to support accounts by Māori and early European settlers of very large lizards (kawekaweau) in New Zealand, however it is now thought by some not be from this country, but of New Caledonian origin (Worthy 2016). Marseille, France *
11003-38021 Kawekaweau (Hoplodactylus delcourti) the largest gecko thought to have ever lived, now extinct but at one time considered to have perhaps been an inhabitant of North Island forests. Its existance is based on the preserved skull, and skin of a single, very large gecko specimen (snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 370 mm) of unknown provenance located in the Marseilles Museum in France in 1986. The specimen was considered to support accounts by Māori and early European settlers of very large lizards (kawekaweau) in New Zealand, however it is now thought by some not be from this country, but of New Caledonian origin (Worthy 2016). Marseille, France *
