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A Systematic Revision of the New Zealand Gekkonidae

1997 doctoral thesis by Rodney Arthur Hitchmough at Victoria University of Wellington

A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

scientific article published on 27 April 2022

A new alpine skink species (Scincidae: Eugongylinae: Oligosoma) from Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

scientific article

A new species of Naultinus from the Te Paki area, northern New Zealand

scientific article

A new species of Oligosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from the northern North Island, New Zealand

scholarly article published in 2021

A new species of scincid lizard in the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the mid-Canterbury high country, New Zealand

scientific article

A new, enigmatic species of black-eyed gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae: Mokopirirakau) from North Otago, New Zealand

scientific article

Analyses of extinction risk are an important part of the conservation process – Reply to Monks

Ancient mitochondrial genomes recovered from small vertebrate bones through minimally destructive DNA extraction: Phylogeography of the New Zealand gecko genus Hoplodactylus

2022 scientific paper

Assessing the conservation status of New Zealand's native terrestrial invertebrates

article

Conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera, 2014

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2017

Conservation status of New Zealand Onychophora (‘peripatus’ or velvet worm), 2018

scientific article published in August 2018

Conservation status of New Zealand Orthoptera, 2014

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2016

Conservation status of New Zealand amphibians, 2017

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2018

Conservation status of New Zealand bats, 2012

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2013

Conservation status of New Zealand bats, 2017

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series'

Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2008

scholarly article published in 2008

Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012.

scientific article published in November 2013

Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2016

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2017

Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series'

Conservation status of New Zealand chondrichthyans (chimaeras, sharks and rays), 2016

scientific article published in June 2018

Conservation status of New Zealand earthworms, 2014

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2015

Conservation status of New Zealand fleas, 2014

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2015

Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater fish, 2009

article

Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater fish, 2013

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2014

Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2013

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2014

Conservation status of New Zealand frogs, 2009

scientific article published in June 2010

Conservation status of New Zealand frogs, 2013.

scientific article published in November 2013

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails) Part 3. Rhytididae (carnivorous snails), 2022

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2024

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails), 2020 Part 1. Athoracophoridae (leaf-veined slugs) and Succineidae (amber snails)

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2020

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous terrestrial Gastropoda (slugs and snails), 2020 Part 2. Achatinellidae, Bothriembryontidae (pūpūharakeke), Euconulidae, Helicarionidae, Pupinidae and Vertiginidae

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2020

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012

scientific article published in August 2013

Conservation status of New Zealand lichens

article

Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2014

Conservation status of New Zealand marine mammals (suborders Cetacea and Pinnipedia), 2009

scientific article published in June 2010

Conservation status of New Zealand mosses, 2014

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series'

Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2009

article

Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012

scientific article published in June 2013

Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2015

journal article from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' published in 2016

Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2021

scientific report published in 2021

Conservation status of New Zealand stick insects, 2014

article published in August, 2016

Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

scholarly article published from 'New Zealand Threat Classification Series' in 2021

Current challenges and future directions in lizard conservation in New Zealand

article

Dynamic taxonomy versus field identification: A dilemma for New Zealand herpetologists

scientific article published in January 2009

Earning your stripes: a second species of striped gecko in the New Zealand gecko genus Toropuku (Gekkota: Diplodactylidae)

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Erratum: MELZER, S., HITCHMOUGH, R.A., BELL, T., CHAPPLE, D.G. & PATTERSON, G.B. (2019) Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum ; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex fromNew Zealand reveals a potential c...

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Genetic variation in the genus Leiopelma and relationships to other primitive frogs

scientific article published in 2009

Identification of a Rare Gecko from North Island New Zealand, and Genetic Assessment of Its Probable Origin: A Novel Mainland Conservation Priority?

article

Investigating Natural Population Dynamics of Naultinus Manukanus to Inform Conservation Management of New Zealand's Cryptic Diurnal Geckos

article

Life-history traits and extrinsic threats determine extinction risk in New Zealand lizards

article

Little and large: body size and genetic clines in a New Zealand gecko (Woodworthia maculata) along a coastal transect

scientific article published in February 2012

Lizard Conservation in Mainland Sanctuaries

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

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

Mega-island or micro-continent? New Zealand and its fauna

scientific article published on December 1, 1993

New Zealand Threat Classification System: reply to Breen and Middleton

New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities

scientific article

New Zealand reptiles and their conservation

article

New Zealand's threatened bryophytes: Conservation efforts

scientific article

On the sand and among the crowds: a new species of Woodworthia gecko (Reptilia: Diplodactylidae) from Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand.

2023 scholarly article

Reply to Chisholm (2011), Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater fish, 2009; Allibone et al.(2010)

article

Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand

field guide by van Winkel, Baling, and Hitchmough

Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand (1st ed.)

edition of field guide by van Winkel, Baling, and Hitchmough

Review of the Genus Naultinus Gray (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

1979 article

Revision of the New Zealand gecko genus Hoplodactylus, with the description of a new species

article published in January 2023

Skeletal variation in extant species enables systematic identification of New Zealand's large, subfossil diplodactylids

2021 scientific paper

Summary of changes to the conservation status of taxa in the 2008-11 New Zealand Threat Classification System listing cycle.

scientific article published in June 2013

Taxonomic and conservation review of the New Zealand herpetofauna

scholarly article published by Rod Hitchmough in 1994

Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact

scientific article

The conservation status of New Zealand Araneae

article

The conservation status of New Zealand Coleoptera

article

The conservation status of New Zealand Diptera

article

The conservation status of New Zealand Hemiptera

article

The conservation status of New Zealand Hymenoptera

article published in 2012

The conservation status of New Zealand Lepidoptera

article published in 2012

The conservation status of New Zealand Nematoda

article

The conservation status of New Zealand Orthoptera

scholarly article published on 21 June 2012

The conservation status of New Zealand bats, 2009

article

The conservation status of New Zealand terrestrial Gastropoda excluding Powelliphanta

article

The conservation status of small or less well known groups of New Zealand terrestrial invertebrates

article

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

article

The taxonomic identity of a population of terrestrialLeiopelma(Anura: Leiopelmatidae) recently discovered in the northern king country, New Zealand

article

Threatened and uncommon bryophytes of New Zealand (2010 revision)

article

Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision)

scientific article published in March 2009

Using molecular methods to understand the Gondwanan affinities of the New Zealand biota: three case studies

scientific article published in 2001

Variable vulnerability to climate change in New Zealand lizards

scientific article published in 2022