Naultinus stellatus HUTTON, 1872

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Higher Taxa	Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Nelson green gecko, Starry Tree Gecko
Synonym	Naultinus elegans stellatus HUTTON 1872 Naultinus pulcherrimus BULLER 1877 (fide MCCANN 1955) Naultinus elegans — LUCAS & FROST (partim) 1897 Heteropholis stellatus — MCCANN 1955: 66 Heteropholis stellatus — WERMUTH 1965: 91 Naultinus stellatus — THOMAS 1982 Heteropholis stellatus — ROBB 1986 Naultinus stellatus — RÖSLER 1995: 73 Naultinus stellatus — NIELSEN et al. 2011
Distribution	New Zealand (Nelson Lakes district and Maitai Valley, Nelson Province, South Island) Type locality: Mount Arthur, New Zealand; restricted to Lake Rotoiti, Nelson district, New Zealand, by MCCANN 1955.
Reproduction	Viviparous
Types	Neotype: NMNZ RE.000458 (designated by McCann 1955)
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Comment
References	Buller, W. 1877. Description of a new lizard, Naultinus pulcherrimus. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 9:326—327. 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 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 [1871]:167—172. - 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. 1986. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Colour, Revised Edition. Collins, Auckland Rösler, Herbert 1995. Geckos der Welt - Alle Gattungen. Urania, Leipzig, 256 pp. Rösler, Herbert 2017. Gecko-Chorologie (Squamata: Gekkota). Gekkota (4): 1-160 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/stellatus.htm Google images

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