List of geckos of New Zealand

However, depending on several factors (such as the time of year, seasonal insect availability, bloom cycles of flowering plants, etc.

), many geckos will supplement—or even briefly alter—their diets by consuming blossoms, fruits (i.e., from mahoe) or nectar (i.e., from flax flowers) as it becomes available.

As of 2024 the taxonomically described species are as follows:[2] Gigarcanum delcourti (formerly Hoplodactylus delcourti), the largest known species of gecko, only known from a single specimen collected in the 19th century, was formerly thought to have been from New Zealand, but DNA evidence suggests that it actually originated from New Caledonia.

Some animals with a wide range previously thought to comprise a single species actually represent multiple sub-species, as with the common gecko, Woodworthia maculata.

[5] A number of alpine species have emerged from high altitude discoveries in the South Island.