Naultinus stellatus

Naultinus stellatus

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: Naultinus
Species: Naultinus stellatus

Name

Naultinus stellatus Hutton, 1872

• Holotype: Nelson Museum, ♀, obtained by Mr. Brough. [lost]
• Neotype: NMNZ RE.000458. [designated by McCann (1955)]
• Type locality: “near the top of Mount Arthur, in the province of Nelson”.

Combinations

• Naultinus elegans stellatus Hutton, 1872: 171 [original combination]
• Heteropholis stellatus — McCann, 1955: 18 [subsequent combination]
• Naultinus elegans stellatus — Meads, 1982 [subsequent combination]
• Naultinus stellatus — Thomas, 1982 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Hutton, F.W. 1872. Notes on the Lizards of New Zealand, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 4: 167–172. Full article Reference page. 
• McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page. 
• Meads, M.J. 1982. A proposed revision of the Naultinus/Heteropholis species complex. Pp. 321-325 in: Newman, D.G. (ed.). New Zealand herpetology: proceedings of a symposium held at the Victoria University of Wellington 29-31 January 1980. Occasional publication (2).

Additional references

• 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. 
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Hoare, J.M.; Jamieson, H.; Newman, D.; Tocher, M.D.; Anderson, P.J.; Lettink, M.; Whitaker, A.H. 2010: Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2009. New Zealand journal of zoology, 37(3): 203–224. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2010.496487
• 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. 

Links

• Hitchmough, R., van Winkel, D., Lettink, M. & Chapple, D. 2019. IUCN: Naultinus stellatus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T120189038A120192554. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120189038A120192554.en. Accessed on 10 June 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Nelson Green Gecko