Woodworthia maculata (GRAY, 1845)
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Higher Taxa | Diplodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
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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] |
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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