Talk:Gigarcanum

Photo request
The only known specimen of this extinct New Zealand reptile is held in the Marseilles Natural History Museum. All images of it that I've been able to track down appear to be protected by copyright. Ambrosia10 (talk) 00:07, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Could we email the museum and ask for a picture to use?--Mr Fink (talk) 01:12, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

Largest?
According to the article about the Rodriguez Island Giant Day Gecko, Phelsuma gigas, that one would be the largest gecko, as it is 40 centimeters long.--Mr Fink (talk) 05:24, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Hey, I reverted this: I don't see any evidence that the 400 mil number is supposed to refer to snout to vent length, in fact the wikipedia page says 'overall' (and it's not cited either). If it is referring to overall length, then it's a fair bit smaller than this species at 600 mil. This change brings it back in line with all the citations on the page, which not only say that this is the largest gecko, but 'by far' the largest. I do note that you have a source for the other one being the largest gecko, but, as it's from a full century before the rediscovery and description of this one, I don't see that it's terribly relevant.115.188.170.39 (talk) 01:29, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

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Inadequate article title
It seems the name "kawekaweau" has only speculatively been associated with this species, since there is no agreement the specimen came form New Zealand, so it is not appropriate to have that as article title. It should be moved to one of the other common names or the scientific name. There is a summary of the situation here: FunkMonk (talk) 15:14, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I think the scientific name is a conservative and quite viable approach. Lythronaxargestes (talk &#124; contribs) 06:35, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah, seems I'll have to start a formal move-request, since I can't do the move myself... FunkMonk (talk) 06:47, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

New article sheds light on origins of specimen
DNA shows this gecko is part of New Caledonia gecko radiation see Heinicke, M.P., Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M. et al. Reappraising the evolutionary history of the largest known gecko, the presumably extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti, via high-throughput sequencing of archival DNA. Sci Rep 13, 9141 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35210-8 Ambrosia10 (talk) 21:25, 19 June 2023 (UTC)