Woodworthia maculata (GRAY, 1845)
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Woodworthia maculata
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| Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Raukawa gecko |
| Synonym | Naultinus maculatus GRAY 1845: 273 (non Hoplodactylus maculatus BOULENGER 1885) Naultinus brevidactylus GRAY 1845: 273 Naultinus granulatus GRAY 1845: 273 Naultinus pacificus — BULLER 1871 (partim) Naultinus granulatus — BULLER 1871 Hoplodactylus maculatus — BOULENGER 1885: 171 Hoplodactylus granulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 174 Woodworthia digitata GARMAN 1901: 4 Hoplodactylus pacificus — WERNER 1901 Dactylocnemis maculatus — HUTTON & DRUMMOND 1905 Hoplodactylus maculatus — BURT & BURT 1932 Gehyra pacifica — MERTENS 1934 Naultinus granulatus — CHRAPLIWY et al. 1961 Hoplodactylus digitatus — WERMUTH 1965 Hoplodactylus granulatus — WERMUTH 1965: 95 (partim) Hoplodactylus maculatus — RÖSLER 2000: 90 Woodworthia maculatus — JEWELL 2008: 52 Woodworthia maculatus — NIELSEN et al. 2011 Woodworthia maculata — HITCHMOUGH et al. in CHAPPLE 2016 Woodworthia maculata — GOLLIN et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | New Zealand (North Island and northern South Island, including offshore islands) Type locality: New Zealand Type locality: New Zealand [brevidactylus] Type locality: New Zealand [granulatus] |
| Reproduction | Viviparous. |
| Types | Lectotype: BMNH 1946.9.8.14, New Zealand, designated by Bauer (1990). |
| Diagnosis | Definition (genus). Pupils with crenulated margins; subdigital pads >2/3 of toe length; 7–15 lamellae under digit IV of pes; ventral skin translucent; mouth lining unpigmented, tongue with or without pigmented tip; precloacal pores of males continuous with femoral pores on under surface of thighs; SVL 38–85 mm [NIELSEN et al. 2011] Description (maculatus): “Head short, oviform snout as long as, or slightly longer than, the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and two thirds the diameter of the orbit; ear-opening large, oval, oblique, two thirds or three fourths the diameter of the eye. Body and limbs moderate. Digits relatively much dilated ; the length of the slender distal part equals the width of the dilated portion, which is contained about three times in the length of the same; the anterior inferior lamelle chevron-shaped; ten to twelve lamell under the fourth toe a very slight web at the base of the digits, absent between the two outer toes. Head covered with granular scales, minute on the posterior half, considerably larger on the snout. Rostral broad, subquadrangular or subpentagonal, with trace of median' cleft above ; nostril pierced between the first upper labial and four or five small nasals ; eleven or twelve upper and nine or ten lower labials; mental small, triangular or trapezoid; small irregular chin-shields, passing gradually into the minute granules of the throat. Dorsal scales minutely granular; abdominal scales very small, juxtaposed or subimbricate. Three or four angular series of præ-anal pores, the two upper extending sometimes on the thighs; the number of pores very variable. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered with small equal subhexagonal juxtaposed scales arranged in verticils; the base of the tail strongly swollen in the males, the swollen part covered with larger scales. Brown above, with small blackish spots, and more or less distinct irregular transverse dark brown bands on the back and tail; a more or less distinct dark streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye; lower surfaces dirty white, sometimes with a few brown specks.” (Boulenger 1885: 171) Measurements (maculatus): Boulenger 1885: 172 Description (granulatus): “General characters and proportions as in the preceding [pacificus]; distinguished in the following important characters: -Ear-opening smaller, not more than half the diameter of the eye. Digital dilatation very narrow; all the lamella straight; no trace of web. Scales of back and belly larger. Four to seven angular series of prœanal pores, the three or four upper extending as femoral series; thirty to forty pores in the upper series, from one end to the other. Greyish or brown above, with dark brown or reddish-brown vermiculations and irregular cross bands, light-edged in front; two dark streaks from the eye, as in H. pacificus, separated by a yellowish interspace; lower surfaces whitish, generally with dark dots or variegations, especially on the gular region.” (Boulenger 1885: 174) Measurements (granulatus): Boulenger 1885: 174 |
| Comment | Synonymy: Thomas (1981) synonymizes Hoplodactylus maculatus with H. granulatus. CHRAPLIWY et al. (1961) synonymized N. brevidactylus and N. maculatus with H. granulatus. Type species: Woodworthia digitata Garman 1901 = Woodworthia maculatus (Gray, 1845) is the type species of the genus Woodworthia GARMAN 1901. Hitchmough et al. in Chapple (2016: 102) pointed out that Woodworthia is feminine, so all species names should be feminine too. |
| Etymology | Named after Mr. W. McM. Woodworth (1864–1912), assistant in charge of Vermes (worms) as well as Agassiz’ personal assistant in the running of the museum and a controversial figure in Boston of that era. Woodworthia is feminine fide Hitchmough et al. 2016. |
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