Gehyra vorax

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Gehyra vorax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gehyra
Species:
G. vorax
Binomial name
Gehyra vorax
Girard, 1858

Gehyra vorax, also known as the voracious four-clawed gecko or voracious dtella, is a gecko native to Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Tonga. [1]

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