Woodworthia is a genus of geckos in the family Diplodactylidae endemic to New Zealand. It includes four formally described species, though as many as 17 genetically distinct species may exist.[1][2] All species are native to New Zealand.
- Woodworthia brunnea (Cope, 1869) – Canterbury gecko
- Woodworthia chrysosiretica (Robb, 1980) – gold-striped gecko, gold-stripe gecko, or golden sticky-toed gecko
- Woodworthia korowai Winkel et al., 2023 – korowai gecko
- Woodworthia maculata (Gray, 1845) – New Zealand common gecko or Raukawa gecko
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| W. maculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Woodworthia Garman, 1901 |
References
edit- ^ Woodworthia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 November 2017.
- ^ Winkel, Dylan VAN; Wells, Sarah J; Harker, Nicholas; Hitchmough, Rodney A (2023-11-01). "On the sand and among the crowds: a new species of Woodworthia gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand". Zootaxa. 5374 (2): 263–294. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5374.2.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 38220859.