Naultinus

Naultinus grayii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pygopodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Pygopodomorpha

Familia: Diplodactylidae
Genus: Naultinus
Species (9): N. elegans – N. flavirictus – N. gemmeus – N. grayii – N. manukanus – N. punctatus – N. rudis – N. stellatus – N. tuberculatus

Name

• Naultinus Gray, 1842
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Naultinus elegans Gray, 1842b
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Smith (1933: 13)
  • Originally included nominal species: Naultinus pacifica, Naultinus elegans
  • NOTE: these are the currently accepted nomenclatural details, but the use of the name Naultinus pacificus by (1842: 58) poses a potential problem, as has been debated by Chrapliwy, Smith & Grant (1961) and Myers (1961)

Synonyms

• Heteropholis Fischer, 1882
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Heteropholis rudis Fischer, 1882
    • Fixation: monotypy
• Naultinulus Chrapliwy, Smith & Grant, 1961
  • Gender: masculine
  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Naultinus elegans Gray, 1842b
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 7]

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1885: Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis: London.
• Chambers, G.K.; Boon, W.M.; Buckley, T.R.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2001: Using molecular methods to understand the Gondwanan affinities of the New Zealand biota: three case studies. Australian journal of botany, 49: 377–387. DOI: 10.1071/BT00021
• Chrapliwy, P.S.; Smith, H.M.; Grant, C. 1961: Systematic status of the geckonid lizard genera Gehyra, Peropus, Hoplodactylus and Naultinus. Herpetologica, 17(1): 5–12. JSTOR
• Fischer, J.G. 1882: Herpetologische Bemerkungen vorzugsweise über Stücke der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Bremen. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen, 7: 225–238, plates XIV-XVII. BHL
• Gray, J.E. 1842: Description of some new species of reptiles, chiefly from the British Museum collection. pp. 57–59 in: J.E. Gray, The zoological miscellany. Part 2. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. Google books
• Gray, J.E. 1842b: Description of two hitherto unrecorded species of reptiles from New Zealand; presented to the British Museum by Dr. Dieffenbach. P. 72 in: J.E. Gray, The zoological miscellany. Part 2. Treuttel, Würtz & Co., London. Google books
• Gray, J.E. 1843: Descriptions of the reptiles and Amphibia hitherto observed in New Zealand. pp. 202–206 in Dieffenbach, E.: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. Volume 2. John Murray: London. Internet Archive BHL
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Hoare, J.M.; Jamieson, H.; Newman, D.; Tocher, M.D.; Anderson, P.J.; Lettink, M.; Whitaker, A.H. 2010: Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2009. New Zealand journal of zoology, 37(3): 203–224. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2010.496487
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 
• McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page. 
• Meads, M.J. 1982: A proposed revision of the Naultinus/Heteropholis species complex. pp. 321–325 in: Newman, D.G. (ed.), New Zealand herpetology: proceedings of a symposium held at the Victoria University of Wellington 29–31 January 1980. Occasional publication, (2)
• Myers, G.S. 1961: The New Zealand lizard names Naultinus and Hoplodactylus. Herpetologica, 17: 169–172. JSTOR
• Nielsen, S.V., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Hitchmough, R.A. & Daugherty, C.H. 2011. New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.007 Reference page. 
• Robb, J.; Hitchmough, R.A. 1980: Review of the genus Naultinus Gray (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 16: 189–200.
• Smith, M.A. 1933: Remarks on some old world geckoes. Records of the Indian Museum, 35: 9–19. [not seen]

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Naultinus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 May 2025.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Grüngeckos
• English: Green Gecko
• norsk: Grønne tregekkoer