Nactus soniae Arnold & Bour, 2008
Réunion nactus
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Nactus borbonicus Probst, 1996:54 (also used in Probst, 1997:144; Probst & Brial, 2002:24) (nomen nudum)
Arnold & Bour (2008) treat Nactus borbonicus as a nomen nudum, but list the original description as (Probst, 1997:144). However, the name was published in a prior publication by Jean-Michel Probst (Probst, 1996:54).
Conservation Status
Extinct. Known only from sub-fossil remains.
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Réunion, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Arnold, E. Nicholas and Bour, Roger. (2008). A new Nactus gecko (Gekkonidae) and a new Leiolopisma skink (Scincidae) from La Réunion, Indian Ocean, based on recent fossil remains and ancient DNA sequence. Zootaxa 1705: 40-50.
Other references:
Cole, N.C., Jones, C.G. and Harris, S. 2005. The need for enemy-free space: The impact of an invasive gecko on island endemics. Biological Conservation 125: 467-474.
Probst, Jean-Michel. (1996). Essai d’une représentation du Gecko nocturne de Bourbon Nactus borbonicus, disparu de l’Ile de La Réunion. Bulletin Phaethon 3: 54.
Probst, Jean-Michel. (1997). Animaux de La Réunion. Azalées Editions, Sainte-Marie, La Réunion, pp. 1–167.
Probst, Jean-Michel and Brial, P. (2002). Récits anciens de naturalistes à l’île Bourbon. Association Nature et Patrimoine, Le Port,La Réunion, pp. 1–112.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Sanchez, M. (2020). Nactus soniae (amended version of 2019 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T13484053A164136280. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T13484053A164136280.en. Downloaded on 05 April 2020.
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