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Nactus sp. ‘Rodrigues’

Small Rodrigues Night Gecko (Nactus sp.)

The Small Rodrigues Night Gecko is one of two species of its genus that were endemic to the island of Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands.

The species is known exclusively from subfossil remains and has not yet been described. [1]

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References:

[1] Anthony Cheke; Julian P. Hume: Lost Land of the Dodo: The ecological history of Mauritius, Réunion, and Redrigues. Yale University Press 2008

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edited: 04.05.2022