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Woodworthia chrysosiretica (ROBB, 1980)

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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gold-stripe gecko, Golden Sticky-toed Gecko 
SynonymHoplodactylus chrysosireticus ROBB 1980
Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus — BAUER 1990: 105
Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus — KLUGE 1993
Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus — RÖSLER 2000: 90
Woodworthia chrysosireticus — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Woodworthia chrysosiretica — HITCHMOUGH et al. in CHAPPLE 2016
Woodworthia chrysosiretica — GOLLIN et al. 2020 
DistributionNew Zealand (Mana Island, Kapiti Island,Taranaki, North Island)

Type locality: Taranaki  
ReproductionViviparous. 
TypesHolotype: NMNZ R25 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A medium sized Hoplodactylus; nostril excluded from rostral; rostral 2.5 to 3.0 times as broad as deep; mental subtriangular; length of dilated portion of 4th toe approximately 2.5 times its width and 2.6 times length of distal phalange; inferior lamellae of digits curved, anterior lamellae sometimes chevronshaped; males with 4 to 5 series of preanal pores and 2 short series of femoral pores; 1 enlarged blunt-ended scale on each side of hemipenial pouches. Colour basically brown or olive with longitudinal stripes of lighter and darker shades. 
CommentDistribution: see map in Bauer 1990: 109 (Fig. 34) 
References
  • Gollin, J. F., Gorman, N., & Armstrong, D. P. 2020. Twenty years on: changes in lizard encounter rates following eradication of rats from Kāpiti Island. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 45(1), [2021] - get paper here
  • Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Geoffrey B. Patterson, and David G. Chapple 2016. Putting a Name to Diversity: Taxonomy of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 87-108 - get paper here
  • Melgren, Philip. 2012. Observations from a goldstripe gecko, Woodworthia chrysosireticus, population in suburban New Plymouth. BioGecko (1): 34-37 - get paper here
  • Nielsen, Stuart V.; Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, Rod A. Hitchmough and Charles H. Daugherty 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59 (1): 1-22 - get paper here
  • Robb J 1980. Three new species of gekkonid lizards, genera Hoplodactylus Fitzinger and Heteropholis Fischer, from New Zealand. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND RECORDS 1(19) 1980: 305-310
  • Robb,J. 1980. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour. Collins, Auckland, 128 pp.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rowlands, Rod 1997. The mystery of the golden sticky-toed gecko. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 1997 (Mar./Apr.): 18
  • Winkel, D. van, Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp.
 
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