Rodney Arthur Hitchmough

Rodney Arthur Hitchmough, New Zealand herpetologist.

• Department of Conservation, 10-240, Wellington, New Zealand.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 13 taxon names authored by Rodney Arthur Hitchmough

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2009

• 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. 

2011

• 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. 

2012

• Buckley, T.R., Palma, R.L., Johns, P.M., Gleeson, D.M., Heath, A.C.G., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. 2012. The conservation status of small or less well known groups of New Zealand terrestrial invertebrates. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 137–143. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.686319 . Reference page. 
• de Lange, P.J., Galloway, D.J., Blanchon, D.J., Knight, A., Rolfe, J.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Hitchmough, R. 2012. Conservation status of New Zealand lichens. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(3): 303–363. DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2012.691426 . Reference page. 
• Leschen, R.A.B., Marris, J.W.M., Emberson, R.M., Nunn, J., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. 2012. The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 91–98. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.686311 . Reference page. 
• Ward, D.F., Early, J.W., Schnitzler, R.-F., Hitchmough, R.A. & Stringer, I. 2012. The conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera. New Zealand Entomologist 35(2): 116–119. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.686315 . Reference page.  

2013

• Patterson, G.B., Hitchmough, R.A. & Chapple, D.G. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand. Zootaxa 3736(1): 54–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.2 Reference page. 

2018

• Whitaker, T., Chapple, D.G., Hitchmough, R.A., Lettink, M. & Patterson, G.B. 2018. A new species of scincid lizard in the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the mid-Canterbury high country, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4377(2): 269–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.7 Reference page. 

2019

• Melzer, S., Hitchmough, R.A., Bell, T., Chapple, D.G. & Patterson, G.B. 2019. Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species. Zootaxa 4623(3): 441–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.2 Reference page. 

2021

• Patterson, G.B. & Hitchmough, R.A. 2021. A new alpine skink species (Scincidae: Eugongylinae: Oligosoma) from Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4920(4): 495–508. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.2 Reference page. 
• Barr, B.P., Chapple, D.G., Hitchmough, R.A., Patterson, G.B. & Ngātiwai Trust Board 2021. A new species of Oligosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from the northern North Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 5047(4): 401–415. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.4.1 Reference page. 
• Hitchmough, R.A., Nielsen, S.V., Lysaght, J.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2021. A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand. Zootaxa 4915(3): 389–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.3.7 Reference page. 
• Knox, C., Hitchmough, R.A., Nielsen, S.V., Jewell, T. & Bell, T. 2021. A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4964(1): 140–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.1.7 Reference page. 

2023

• Scarsbrook, L., Walton, K., Rawlence, N.J. & Hitchmough, R.A. 2023. Revision of the New Zealand gecko genus Hoplodactylus, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5228(3): 267–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.3 Reference page. 
• Winkel, D., Wells, S.J., Harker, N. & Hitchmough, R.A. 2023. On the sand and among the crowds: a new species of Woodworthia gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Zootaxa 5374(2): 263–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.2.7 Reference page.