Nactus is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Oceania.

Species

The following 35 species are recognized as being valid, and some species have recognized subspecies.

  • Nactus modicus <small>Zug, 2020</small> – Louisiade slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus multicarinatus <small>(Günther, 1872)</small>
  • Nactus nanus <small>Zug, 2020</small> – dwarf North-coast slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus notios <small>Zug, 2020</small> – southern mountains slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus panaeati <small>Zug, 2020</small> – Panaeati slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus papua <small>Zug, 2020</small> – Papuan slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus pelagicus <small>(Girard, 1858)</small> – pelagic gecko, Pacific slender-toed gecko, rock gecko
  • Nactus rainerguentheri <small>Zug, 2020</small> – Vogelkop slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus robertfisheri <small>Zug, 2020</small> – Bismarcks slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus septentrionalis <small>Zug, 2020</small> – North Coast Papuan slender-toed gecko
  • Nactus serpensinsula <small>(Loveridge, 1951)</small> – Serpent Island gecko
  • Nactus soniae <small>Arnold & Bour, 2008</small> - extinct<!-- Zootaxa 1705: 40 -->
  • Nactus sphaerodactylodes <small>Kraus, 2005</small>
  • Nactus undulatus <small>(Kopstein, 1926)</small> – Kei rock gecko
  • Nactus vankampeni <small>(Brongersma, 1933)</small> – van Kampen's gecko

Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Nactus.

References

Further reading

Kluge AG (1983). "Cladistic Relationships among Gekkonid Lizards". Copeia 1983 (2): 465–475. (Nactus, new genus).