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Naultinus manukanus (MCCANN, 1955)

IUCN Red List - Naultinus manukanus - Data Deficient, DD
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Higher TaxaDiplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Marlborough Green Gecko, Northern Tree Gecko 
SynonymHeteropholis manukanus MCCANN 1955: 59
Naultinus elegans — MCCANN 1955 (partim)
Heteropholis manukanus — WERMUTH 1965: 91
Naultinus elegans manukanus — MEADS 1982
Naultinus rudis — THOMAS 1982 (partim)
Heteropholis manukanus — PICKARD & TOWNS 1988
Naultinus manukanus — BAUER 1990
Naultinus manukanus — RÖSLER 1995: 72
Naultinus manukanus — NIELSEN et al. 2011 
DistributionNew Zealand (Marlborough Sounds, South Island;
Stephens Island and D'Urville Island, Cook Strait)

Type locality: Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.  
ReproductionViviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMNZ (Dominion Museum) R 238, male 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2498 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNaultinus manukanus apparently forms a cline with populations of N. rudis.

Thus, this may be a case of "speciation in progress". 
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
  • Hare, K.M., J.M. Hoare & R.A. Hitchmough 2007. Investigating Natural Population Dynamics of Naultinus manukanus to Inform Conservation Management of New Zealand's Cryptic Diurnal Geckos Journal of Herpetology 41 (1): 81-93. - get paper here
  • Henle, K. 1981. Die Herpetofauna Neuseelands, Teil 4: Endemische Geckos. Herpetofauna 3 (15): 16-19 - get paper here
  • 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 - 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
  • Hoare, J.M.; Pledger, S. & Nelson, N.J. 2007. Chemical discrimination of food, conspecifics and predators by apparently visually-oriented diurnal geckos, Naultinus manukanus. Herpetologica 63 (2): 184-192 - 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
  • Pickard,C.R. & Towns,D.R. 1988. Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of New Zealand. Conservation Sciences Publication No. 1, Wellington
  • Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp.
  • 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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