Serpent Island gecko

Serpent Island gecko
Round Island Night Gecko (Nactus serpensinsula ssp. durrellorum), August 1989, Mauritius
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Genus:	Nactus
Species:	N. serpensinsula
Binomial name
Nactus serpensinsula (Loveridge, 1951)
Synonyms [3]
Gymnodactylus serpensinsulaLoveridge, 1951 Cyrtodatylus serpeninsula [sic] — Underwood, 1954 Cyrtodatylus serpensinsula Nactus serpensinsula — Kluge, 1983

The Serpent Island gecko (Nactus serpensinsula) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Serpent Island in Mauritius (an island country in the Indian Ocean). ^[1]

The Serpent Island gecko is a monotypic species. The Durrell's night gecko, endemic to the Round Island of Mauritius, was previously treated as a subspecies of Serpent Island gecko. ^[3]

On Mauritius itself, it is only known from fossils. ^[3]

References

1. Cole, N.; Tatayah, V. (2018). "Nactus serpensinsula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T17424269A17424282. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17424269A17424282.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Nactus serpensinsula at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 March 2015.

Further reading

• Arnold EN, Jones CG (1994). "The night geckos of the genus Nactus in the Mascarene Islands with a description of the population on Round Island". Dodo30: 119-131. (Nactus serpensinsula durrelli [sic], new subspecies).
• Loveridge A (1951). "A New Gecko of the Genus Gymnodactylus from Serpent Island". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington64: 91-92. (Gymnodactylus serpensinsula, new species).
• Michels JP, Bauer AM  [ fr ] (2004). "Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles". Bonner Zoologische Beiträge52: 83-94. (Nactus serpensinsula durrellorum [sic], corrected name).