17 Mar 2017

Critter of the Week: The Harlequin Gecko

From Afternoons, 3:23 pm on 17 March 2017
The Harlequin Gecko

The Harlequin Gecko Photo: Supplied/Remi Bigonneau

The harlequin gecko is a small colourful gecko measuring up to 150mm long.  They have a distinctive and variable herring-bone skin colour pattern of olive, brown, grey, maroon and white.

Nicola Toki, DoC's endangered species ambassador, talks about this critter which is only found on Stewart Island.