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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

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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?)

Posted by maxkirsch over 7 years ago

Doing a little research, Chappelle's very thorough book on the New Zealand Lizards (2016) states that Woodworthia is feminine.

I will contact the Reptile Database people. I send Peter stuff like this frequently.

Posted by sandboa over 7 years ago

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?

Posted by loarie almost 6 years ago

ok - closing this for now, let me know if there's any traction on this

Posted by loarie almost 6 years ago

I sent Peter another note about it and he said he had just forgotten to fix it yet. He said he would change it. I'll check in a few days and let you know when it happens.

Posted by sandboa almost 6 years ago

ok cool

Posted by loarie almost 6 years ago
Posted by loarie almost 6 years ago

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