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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rhacodactylus is referenced by 16 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, New Caledonia and Reptilia.
It is catalogued under topics including Geckos of New Caledonia, Lizard genera and Rhacodactylus.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Diplodactylidae
- Image
- Rhacodactylus auriculatus2.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Rhacodactylus
- Commons category
- Rhacodactylus
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhacodactylus
- endemic to
- New Caledonia
- taxon common name
- ミカドヤモリ属
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Classification
- Captivity
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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.