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Rhacodactylus
Sign in to saveRhacodactylus is a genus of medium to large geckos of the family Diplodactylidae. All species in this genus are found on the islands that make up New Caledonia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyDiplodactylidae
多趾虎屬（Rhacodactylus）是壁虎科Diplodactylinae亞科之下的其中一個屬，均屬中型到大型的蜥蜴。 本屬所有物種均可在南太平洋的法國海外領土新喀里多尼亞諸島上找到。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Diplodactylidae
- Collections
- MNHN, GNM
- Recorded in
- Nouvelle-CaléDonie
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rhacodactylus is a genus of medium to large geckos of the family Diplodactylidae. All species in this genus are found on the islands that make up New Caledonia.
Genus characteristics include long limbs and toes with well-developed lamellae. Some webbing occurs on the hind limbs and toes. Rhacodactylus possess prehensile tails which also have lamellae to assist in climbing. These are for the most part arboreal geckos. Rhacodactylus are nocturnal geckos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhacodactylus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.