Woodworthia maculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Woodworthia
Species: Woodworthia maculata

Name

• Woodworthia maculata (Gray, 1845)
  • Combination: Hoplodactylus maculatus
  • Original combination: Naultinus maculatus [as 'MSS', but with diagnosis]

References

• Bannock, C.A.; Whitaker, A.H.; Hickling, G.J. 1999: Extreme longevity of the common gecko (Hoplodactylus maculatus) on Motunau Island, Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of ecology, 23(1): 101–103.
• Cree, A.; Guillette, L.J. jr. 1995: Biennial reproduction with a fourteen-month pregnancy in the gecko Hoplodactylus maculatus from southern New Zealand. Journal of herpetology, 29(2): 163–173. JSTOR
• Gray, J.E. 1845: Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. BHL
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 
• Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Hitchmough, R.A. & Daugherty, C.H. 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007 Reference page. 
• Robb, J.; Rowlands, R.P.V. 1977: Reinstatement of Hoplodactylus maculatus (Boulenger) with redescription of H. pacificus (Gray) (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 14: 133-142. Reference page. 
• Thomas, B.W. 1981. Hoplodactylus rakiurae n. sp. (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand, and comments on the taxonomic status of Heteropholis nebulosus McCann. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8(1): 33–47. Google books Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: common gecko

Hoplodactylus maculatus