Dierogekko thomaswhitei, also known commonly as White's nimble gecko and the Taom striped gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to New Caledonia.
Etymology The specific name, thomaswhitei, is in honor of "Dr. Thomas White".Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Dierogekko thomaswhitei, p. 284).
Geographic range D. thomaswhitei is found on the island of Grande Terre, in North Province, New Caledonia. www.reptile-database.org.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of D. thomaswhitei are forest and shrubland, at altitudes of .
Description Relatively large for its genus, D. thomaswhitei may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Reproduction D. thomaswhitei is oviparous.
References
Further reading Bauer AM, Jackman T, Sadlier RA, Whitaker AH (2006). "A Revision of the Bavayia validiclavis group (Squamata: Gekkota: Diplodactylidae), a Clade of New Caledonian Geckos Exhibiting Microendemism". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57 (18): 503–547. (Dierogekko thomaswhitei, new species, pp. 515–518, Figures 10–13).