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Kōrero: Shrublands

Marlborough green gecko on mānuka

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Marlborough green gecko on mānuka

Shrublands are important habitats for many lizards. The Marlborough green gecko (Naultinus manukanus) is found in regenerating mānuka shrublands and coastal scrub around the Marlborough Sounds.

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Department of Conservation

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by Rod Morris

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shrublands – Importance of shrublands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14548/marlborough-green-gecko-on-manuka (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.