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West Coast green gecko

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A $ 1 million project to replace Greymouth's ageing reservoir was halted in May 2021 because the site in Cobden needed to be searched for West Coast green geckos. The project manager stated (incorrectly), "No one has found one south of the Buller River yet, but DOC seems to think there are some here.
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This gecko has a "mossy" appearance due to the complex patterns of white and yellow shades on the background green coloration of the body. The eyes are quite small, and can be olive or brown. The mouth lining is a dark blue, and the tongue can either be black or dark blue. The toes, which the colour
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but can be distinguished by both the colour of the tongue and the shape of the snout. The tongue of a Nelson green gecko varies from being yellow to a warm orange; the snout is also longer and more shallow in comparison to the West Coast green gecko.
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of range from being white to a yellow-green, are narrow and tapering. There is usually a small spot of light yellow at the corners of the mouth.
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Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony.
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O'Connor-Harding, Georgia (10 May 2021). "Gecko work holds up new Greymouth reservoir project".
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in particular. It has a prehensile tail which aids its climbing, and is active during the day.
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initially classified the West Coast green gecko as At Risk under the
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Winkel, Dylan van; Baling, Marleen; Hitchmough, Rod (2018-01-01).
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by Charles McCann, and was also considered a subspecies of
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lives in shrub and forest, preferring the canopy of
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Index

Central tree gecko

Conservation status
NZ TCS
CITES
CITES
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Diplodactylidae
Naultinus
Binomial name
Synonyms
family
Gekkonidae
Naultinus elegans
South Island
Granity
Hokitika
Haast
Lewis Pass
mānuka
kānuka
Nelson green gecko
diurnal
arboreal

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