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new zealand geckos (diplodactylidae): cryptic diversity in a post-gondwanan lineage with trans-tasman affinities.we used a multi-gene approach to assess the phylogenetic relationships of new zealand diplodactylid geckos to their australian and new caledonian relatives and to one another. data from nuclear (rag-1, pdc) and mitochondrial (nd2, 16s) genes from >180 specimens representing all 19 recognized new zealand taxa and all but two of 20 putatively new species suggested by previous studies were analyzed using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and bayesian inference. all analyses retrieved a monophyl ...201121184833
home-field advantage: native gecko exhibits improved exertion capacity and locomotor ability in structurally complex environments relative to its invasive counterpart.invasive species are of substantial concern because they may threaten ecosystem stability and biodiversity worldwide. not surprisingly, studies examining the drivers of biological invasion have increased in number over the past few decades in an effort to curtail invasive species success by way of informing management decisions. the common house gecko, hemidactylus frenatus, has successfully invaded the pacific islands where it appears to thrive in and dominate non-natural habitats offering high ...202032821264
thermal burns of the spectacle associated with supplementary heating in native new zealand geckos.case history: gradual onset of ocular opacity was observed in three gold-striped geckos (woodworthia chrysosiretica), and five pacific geckos (dactylocnemis pacificus) held in two adjacent terrariums in a zoological institution located in the north island of new zealand. ultraviolet light and heat had been provided for the previous 3-4 years by a fluorescent bulb, but in the last 4 weeks of winter a ceramic heat bulb had been added, situated 10 cm above the upper mesh of the cageclinical finding ...202031608795
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