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The Rotuman forest gecko or Rotuma forest gecko (''Lepidodactylus gardineri'') is a species of
gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar ...
. It is endemic to Rotuma Island (Fiji). It is named after
John Stanley Gardiner John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946) was a British zoologist. Biography Stanley, as he was known, was the younger son of John Jephson Gardiner and Sarah McTier. He was born in Jordanstown (Belfast) in 1872 – two years after his brother Arthur. ...
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Lepidodactylus Reptiles of Fiji Endemic fauna of Fiji Reptiles described in 1897 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{gecko-stub