Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/West Coast task force/Natural History
West Coast Reptiles project
editPriority for the team is getting Wikidata and Wikipedia coverage of obscure West Coast lizard and gecko species, especially endangered ones, and working with DOC to release photos to Commons,
| Wikipedia | Quality | Wikidata | Commons category | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobble skink | Start | Q106918135 | — | Ref, ref, ref Contact editor of BioGecko for back issues. | |
| Oligosoma salmo | B | Q88635390 | Oligosoma salmo | ✓ | Could use habitat and skink-collecting photos |
| West Coast green gecko | Stub | Q3020142 | Nautinus tuberculatus | Need more pics | |
| Westport skink | — | — | — | ||
| Hokitika skink | — | — | — | ||
| Oligosoma albornense | C | Q420499 | Oligosoma albornense | ||
| Oligosoma taumakae | Start | Q3350595 | — | Change to Taumaka skink | |
| Open Bay Islands gecko | — | — | — | ||
| Ōkarito gecko | — | Q49608348 | — | Move to broad-cheeked gecko. Ref, ref, ref, NZTCS |
References
edit- van Winkel, Dylan; Baling, Marleen; Hitchmough, Rod (2018). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand (1st ed.). Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-937-1. OL 40449345M. Wikidata Q76013985.
- Sabine Melzer; Rod A Hitchmough; Trent Bell; David G Chapple; Geoff B Patterson (26 June 2019). "Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species". Zootaxa. 4623 (3): 441–484. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4623.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716246. Wikidata Q69500090.
West Coast nature
editThese are articles that willbe the focus of an edit-a-thon in 2022.
| Wikipedia | Quality | Wikidata | Commons category | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrytown Flats | — | Ilmenite mining | |||
| Denniston Plateau | B | Q99497614 | Denniston Plateau | ✓ | update species, more refs |
| Escarpment Mine Project | C | Q5397132 | Updating, link to Plateau | more refs needed | |
| Kororā | C | Q203628 | Eudyptula minor | Sort Australian vs NZ species | |
| Westland petrel | C | Q276196 | Procellaria westlandica | More photos needed, mining | |
| South Island kōkako | C | Q760949 | Callaeas cinereus | ||
| Open Bay Island leech | C | Q3698936 | Hirudobdella antipodum | photos | |
| Wall Island | — | Q99466422 | Wall Island, New Zealand | Article in German! | |
| Seal Island | — | Q104551163 | Article in German! | ||
| Open Bay Islands | Stub | Q7095956 | Expansion, photos. DOC? Te Papa? |
Reference: Parks, Geoff. (1995). Ngā Uruora: the Groves of Life. Wellington: Victoria University Press. See the chapter on the Barrytown Flats.
Other natural history topics
edit| Wikipedia | Quality | Wikidata | Commons category | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakihi | C | Q100252623 | Pakihi | ✓ | local landscape with no article |
| Barrytown Flats | Ilmenite mining | ||||
| Denniston Plateau | B | Q99497614 | Denniston Plateau | ✓ | more refs needed |
| Escarpment Mine Project | C | Q5397132 | Updating, link to Plateau | more refs needed | |
| Ōkārito | — | Q65430464 | no article! Just the lagoon | ||
| Dracophyllum townsonii | — | Q15376033 | North Westland | ||
| Dracophyllum densum | — | Q15376957 | Denniston and Paparoas | ||
| Chionochloa juncea | — | Q15512382 | North Westland snow tussock (only on Denniston Plateau) | ||
| Ngakawau Gorge daisy | — | Celmisia morganii | 1 | ||
| Lepidium naufragorum | — | Q17255351 | |||
| Epipterygium opararense | — | Q17282272 | — | Found on just one rock face. Photos? | |
| Kororā | C | Q203628 | Eudyptula minor | Sort Australian vs NZ species | |
| Westland petrel | C | Q276196 | Procellaria westlandica | More photos needed | |
| Whio | Start | Q420499 | Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos | ||
| South Island kōkako | C | Q760949 | Callaeas cinereus | ||
| Open Bay Island leech | C | Q3698936 | Hirudobdella antipodum | photos | |
| Powelliphanta snails | Start | Q2741119 | many | See new PhD thesis on classification | |
| Powelliphanta annectens | Stub | Q7236129 | Powelliphanta annectens | ||
| Nelson cave spider | Start | Q2376193 | Spelungula cavernicola | ||
| Austrosimulium ungulatum | Stub | Q14657445 |