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Minhawali

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That is good news!
Just hope the rats don't get to them.

Here some pics I took a few years back in NZ.

Cheers,
Johan.
 

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sikorae

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Sad for that particular gecko, but good news if it shows there is probably a population of this species after all this time.
 

oli

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The duvauceli is said to have yellow or olive eyes. What type gecko is that Minhawali? Is that a h. maculatus?
 

oli

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That gecko is awesome, I heard there were bigger New Zealand geckos, is that true?
 

Minhawali

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Oli,

H. duvaucelii is the biggest NZ gecko. It's in fact the biggest living lizard of NZ.

The biggest was the extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti (370mm SVL) known from one mounted specimen at the National History Museum in Marseille, France.

Johan.
 
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oli

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That is the one that I have heard of, supposedly it is bigger or of similar size to a leachianus.
 

Minhawali

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Oli,

The H.delcourti was around 2 feet long. :yikes:
That's a lot bigger than a leachianus.
Maybe they're still out there.

Johan.
 

GeckoTom

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Hello Johan,

are you sure that this is a duvaucelli, because I have seen some and none looked like this one. They had all much slimmer heads and the skin and morphology doesnt fit a duvaucelli

I would also think of a H. maculatus, some "types" of them could grow quite big


Best wishes
Tom
 

Minhawali

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Hi Tom,

Yes I'm sure that's duvaucelii.
I took these pics at the Reptile Park north of Auckland.
The owner showed me all the geckos they have.

In "New Zealand Frogs and Reptiles" by Gill/Whitaker is a pic of a duvaucelii with the same pattern as this animal.

And these were twice the size of the maculatus I saw.

Cheers,
Johan.
 
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