Rough gecko

{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | name = Rough gecko | image = Naultinus rudis.JPG | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Hitchmough, R. |author2=Lettink, M. |author3=van Winkel, D. |author4=Chapple, D. |date=2019 |title=''Naultinus rudis'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T14378A120190538 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T14378A120190538.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = CITES_A2 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | genus = Naultinus | species = rudis | authority = (Fischer, 1882) | synonyms = | range_map = Naultinus rudis - map.svg | range_map_caption = Distribution of the rough gecko on a map of the South Island {{leftlegend|#05833E|Known native range}} }}

The '''rough gecko''' ('''''Naultinus rudis''''') is a species of gecko in the family Gekkonidae native to New Zealand.<ref name=NZES>{{cite web|title=Naultinus rudis (Fischer, 1882) Rough Gecko|url=https://www.reptiles.org.nz/herpetofauna/native/naultinus-rudis|website=The New Zealand Herpetological Society Website|publisher=The New Zealand Herpetological Society|access-date=19 July 2015}}</ref> It is endemic to the Kaikōura Ranges.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Kerry-Jayne|title=Lizards - Lizards in their environment|url=http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/13525/rough-gecko|website=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|publisher=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|access-date=19 July 2015}}</ref>

== Conservation status ==

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the Rough gecko as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.<ref name="Conservation 2012">{{cite web|last1=Hitchmough|first1=Rod|last2=Anderson|first2=Peter|last3=Barr|first3=Ben|last4=Monks|first4=Jo|last5=Lettink|first5=Marieke|last6=Reardon|first6=James|last7=Tocher|first7=Mandy|last8=Whitaker|first8=Tony|title=Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs2entire.pdf|website=Department of Conservation|publisher=The Government of New Zealand|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

==References== {{Commons category|Naultinus rudis}} {{Wikispecies|Naultinus rudis}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Naultinus Category:Endemic reptiles of New Zealand Category:Reptiles described in 1882 Category:Taxa named by Johann Gustav Fischer Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot