Nactus kunan

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Nactus
Species:

Nactus kunan Fisher & Zug in Zug & Fisher, 2012: 26

Holotype: USNM 576300, adult ♀, collected by Robert N. Fisher and villagers from Sohoniliu Village on 26 May 2010.
Type locality: “Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, Manus Island, Sohoniliu Village (2.11296°S 147.14912°E)”.
Etymology: The name comes from the Tokples people’s (Nali language) term for bumblebee; this is in reference to the striking bicolor yellow and black banding of holotype.

Zug, G.R. & Fisher, R.N. 2012. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands. Zootaxa 3257(1): 22–37. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3257.1.2 Reference page.

Tallowin, O., Shea, G. & Oliver, P. 2022. IUCN: Nactus kunan (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2015 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T15712630A217784710. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T15712630A217784710.en. Accessed on 04 August 2025.