Nactus

Nactus is a genus of geckos, lizards in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is endemic to Oceania.^[2]

Nactus
pelagic gecko (Nactus pelagicus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Gekkota
Family:	Gekkonidae
Subfamily:	Gekkoninae
Genus:	Nactus Kluge, 1983[1]

Species

The following 35 species are recognized as being valid, and some species have recognized subspecies.^[2]

• 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^[3]
• 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.