Hoplodactylus
Hoplodactylus is a genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand, one of the seven genera of geckos found only in New Zealand. Hoplodactylus comprises two species of large to gigantic brownish lizards.
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武趾虎屬（Hoplodactylus）是新西蘭特有的兩屬澳洲蜥虎科之一。 武趾虎屬的物種傾向都是呈深色的，一般都是在褐色或灰色主色中變化，也會有一些呈綠色的物種，如H. granulatus。例外的是H. rakiurae，牠們的身體顏色單調，但有突出的人字形斑紋，斑紋呈綠色、褐色、黑色及白色。 雖然武趾虎屬物種的顏色不及新西蘭壁虎屬的鮮艷及突出，但是牠們可以轉變皮膚顏色及斑紋來偽裝保護自己，減少受掠食者襲擊的風險。某些武趾虎屬物種轉變顏色的功能可以幫助牠們控制體溫。在寒冷的季節時，牠們可以將身體的顏色轉為較深色，以增加吸入的熱量；相反，在夏天的時候，牠們又可以轉回淺色的身體，保持涼快。武趾虎屬都是晚間活動的，並非純粹棲於樹上，也會走到地上生活。 武趾虎屬的尾巴不能抓住東西，故在受到掠食者威脅時，很快就會丟下尾巴逃走。大部份武趾虎屬都有較新西蘭壁虎屬闊的腳趾。 H. duvaucelii是新西蘭現存最大的壁虎，但牠們正面臨入侵物種，如溝鼠掠食的威脅，被迫遷到沒有威脅的離岸群島上。已滅絕的新西蘭杜歐高壁虎是世上體型最大的壁虎。牠們的標本是於1800年代發現，但一直遺在法國博物館多過一個世紀，要到1986年才有第一次的描述。
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Hoplodactylus is a genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae. The genus is endemic to New Zealand, one of the seven genera of geckos found only in New Zealand. Hoplodactylus comprises two species of large to gigantic brownish lizards.
== Description == Species in this genus (now split into several genera) tend to have rather dull colouration with little variation on a generally brown/grey theme, although mottled greens are seen in some species, notably the forest gecko (Mokopirirakau granulatus). The one exception to this rule of general drabness in colouration is the striking "herring boned" colour pattern of green, brown, black and white that is displayed by the "Harlequin Gecko" (Tukutuku rakiurae).