Dierogekko thomaswhitei

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sadlier, R.A. |author2=Bauer, A.M. |author3=Jourdan , H. |author4=Astrongatt, S. |author5=Deuss, M. |author6=Duval, T. |author7=Bourguet, E. |author8=McCoy, S. |author9=Bouteiller, A. |author10=Lagrange, A. |date=2021 |title=Dierogekko thomaswhitei |volume=2021 |page=e.T176150A123250842 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176150A123250842.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

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| genus = Dierogekko

| species = thomaswhitei

| authority = Bauer, Jackman, Sadlier & A. Whitaker, 2006

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Dierogekko thomaswhitei, also known commonly as White's nimble gecko and the Taom striped gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Etymology

The specific name, thomaswhitei, is in honor of "Dr. Thomas White".Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Dierogekko thomaswhitei, p. 284).

Geographic range

D. thomaswhitei is found on the island of Grande Terre, in North Province, New Caledonia.{{EMBL species|genus=Dierogekko|species=thomaswhitei}} www.reptile-database.org.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. thomaswhitei are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of {{convert|300|–|1,000|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Description

Relatively large for its genus, D. thomaswhitei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|4.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

D. thomaswhitei is oviparous.