Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
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sandboa | Raukawa Gecko (Woodworthia maculatus) |
the specific epithet has been changed to maculata to reflect the feminine genus name. |
Jan. 15, 2017 05:38:06 +0000 | loarie |
fixed |
Looks like RD is still going with Woodworthia maculatus http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Woodworthia&species=maculatus&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Woodworthia+maculatus%27%29%29
Any luck getting them to change it on their end?
For reptile taxonomy (outside the US and Canada), iNaturalist tries to follow the Reptile Database, which doesn't appear to have updated its listing of this species to Woodworthia maculata yet; when it does, though, the specific epithet will be updated in iNaturalist. (For the time being, though, I've added W. maculata as an alternate name for the species, and I'm leaving the flag unresolved so that it might catch a curator's attention after the listing is changed in the Reptile Database.)
(Strangely, the Reptile Database page on the species cites the publication that pointed out that the genus name was feminine, but hasn't updated its own taxonomy, instead just listing W. maculata as a synonym; maybe it would be worth contacting the curators of the database to ask about that?)