Naultinus gemmeus (MCCANN, 1955)

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Jewelled gecko
Synonym	Naultinus lineatus GRAY 1869 Naultinus elegans — LUCAS & FROST (partim) 1897 Naulthinus elegans — WERNER 1901 Heteropholis gemmeus MCCANN 1955: 63 Heteropholis gemmeus — WERMUTH 1965: 91 Naultinus elegans gemmeus — MEADS 1982 Naultinus gemmeus — THOMAS 1982 Naultinus gemmeus — RÖSLER 2000: 96 Naultinus gemmeus — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Distribution	New Zealand (Eastern South Island from north Canterbury yo Stewart Island) Type locality: Rangiora, New Zealand. Also given as Cashmere, Christchurch, NZ.
Reproduction	Viviparous
Types	Holotype: CMC R250 (Canterbury Museum Christchurch)
Diagnosis
Comment	Naultinus lineatus has been synonymized with N. elegans by BOULENGER (1885).
References	Cree, Alison and Kelly M. Hare 2016. Reproduction and Life History of New Zealand Lizards. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 169-206 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1869. Naultinus lineatus, a new lizard from New Zealand. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 3:243. - get paper here Henle, K. 1981. Die Herpetofauna Neuseelands, Teil 4: Endemische Geckos. Herpetofauna 3 (15): 16-19 - 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 Knox, C. D.; S. Jarvie, L. J. Easton, and J. M. Monks 2017. Soft-Release, but Not Cool Winter Temperatures, Reduces Post-Translocation Dispersal of Jewelled Geckos. Journal of Herpetology 51 (4): 490-496 - get paper here Knox, Carey D.; Alison Cree, and Philip J. Seddon 2012. Direct and Indirect Effects of Grazing by Introduced Mammals on a Native, Arboreal Gecko (Naultinus gemmeus). Journal of Herpetology 46 (2): 145-152. - get paper here Knox, Carey. 2014. Jewelled geckos (Naultinus gemmeus) in the tussockland of Otago. BioGecko (2): 29-30 - get paper here McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1—127. 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. 1986. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour, Revised Edition. Collins, Auckland Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153 Werning, H. 2015. Neuseeland - Niedersachsen und zurück: geschmuggelte Grüngeckos auf Weltreise. Reptilia (Münster) 20 (113): 6-7 - get paper here Winkel, D. van, Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.samuelpurdiewildlife.com/New-Zealand-Reptiles-Amphibians/New… http://www.ryanphotographic.com/gemmeus.htm http://zoobank.org/C3BCC959-A81E-43DF-9D51-356FB9BA9476 Google images

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