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 acutus Kraus, 2005

• Nactus aktites Zug, 2020 – Madang coastal slender-toed gecko

• Nactus allenallisoni Zug, 2020 – Madang slender-toed gecko

• Nactus alotau Zug, 2020 – southern forest slender-toed gecko

• Nactus amplus Zug, 2020 – Louisiade giant slender-toed gecko

• Nactus arceo Zug, 2020 – Morotai slender-toed gecko

• Nactus arfakianus Meyer, 1874 – Arafak slender-toed gecko

• Nactus cheverti (Boulenger, 1885) – Chevert's gecko, southern Cape York nactus

• Nactus chrisaustini Zug, 2020 – Milne Bay pygmy slender-toed gecko

• Nactus coindemirensis Bullock, Arnold & Bloxam, 1985 – lesser night gecko

• Nactus eboracensis (Macleay, 1877)

• Nactus erugatus Zug, 2020 – Milne Bay smooth-tailed slender-toed gecko

• Nactus fredkrausi Zug, 2020 – Kraus's giant slender-toed gecko

• Nactus galgajuga (Ingram, 1978) – Black Mountain gecko, Black Mountain slender-toed gecko

• Nactus grevifer Zug, 2020 – Torricelli slender-toed gecko

• Nactus heteronotus (Boulenger, 1885) – central savanna slender-toed gecko

• Nactus intrudusus Zug, 2020 – Markham slender-toed gecko

• Nactus inundatus Zug, 2020 – Fly River slender-toed gecko

• Nactus kamiali Zug, 2020 – Kamiali slender-toed gecko

• Nactus kunan Fisher & Zug, 2012

• Nactus modicus Zug, 2020 – Louisiade slender-toed gecko

• Nactus multicarinatus (Günther, 1872)

• Nactus nanus Zug, 2020 – dwarf North-coast slender-toed gecko

• Nactus notios Zug, 2020 – southern mountains slender-toed gecko

• Nactus panaeati Zug, 2020 – Panaeati slender-toed gecko

• Nactus papua Zug, 2020 – Papuan slender-toed gecko

• Nactus pelagicus (Girard, 1858) – pelagic gecko, Pacific slender-toed gecko, rock gecko

• Nactus rainerguentheri Zug, 2020 – Vogelkop slender-toed gecko

• Nactus robertfisheri Zug, 2020 – Bismarcks slender-toed gecko

• Nactus septentrionalis Zug, 2020 – North Coast Papuan slender-toed gecko

• Nactus serpensinsula (Loveridge, 1951) – Serpent Island gecko

• Nactus soniae Arnold & Bour, 2008 - extinct

• Nactus sphaerodactylodes Kraus, 2005

• Nactus undulatus (Kopstein, 1926) – Kei rock gecko

• Nactus vankampeni (Brongersma, 1933) – 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).