Reptiles of
Cook Strait Islands [New Zealand]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: April 14th, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Tuatara (Rhynchocephalia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Sphenodontidae (Tuatara)
Genus Sphenodon (Tuatara)
 
Sphenodon punctatus

Tuatara

Jewell 2008 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Diplodactylidae (Double-toed Geckos)
Genus Hoplodactylus (New Zealand Giant Geckos)
 
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii

Northern Giant Gecko

Bauer 1994 Jewell 2008 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018
  *
Hoplodactylus tohu

Southern Giant Gecko

Scarsbrook, Walton, Rawlence & Hitchmough 2023
Genus Mokopirirakau (New Zealand Forest Geckos)
 
Mokopirirakau granulatus

Granular-scaled Forest Gecko

Bauer 1994
Genus Naultinus (New Zealand Tree Geckos)
 
Naultinus manukanus

Marlborough Green Gecko

Bauer 1994 Jewell 2008 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018
Genus Toropuku (New Zealand Striped Geckos)
  *
Toropuku stephensi

Southern Striped Gecko

Bauer 1994 Jewell 2008 Nielsen, Bauer, Jackman, Hitchmough & Daugherty 2011 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018
Genus Woodworthia (New Zealand Brown Geckos)
 
Woodworthia maculata

Raukawa Gecko

Bauer 1994 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Oligosoma (New Zealand Lesser Skinks)
 
Oligosoma kokowai

Northern Spotted Skink

Melzer, Bell & Patterson 2017 Robb 1980 [as lineoocellatum] Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018
  *
Oligosoma newmani

Southern Speckled Skink

Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, Chapple & Patterson 2019 Robb 1980 [as O. infrapunctatum] Wells & Wellington 1985 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018 [as O. infrapunctatum]
 
Oligosoma polychroma

Northern Grass Skink

Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018
 
Oligosoma zelandicum

Glossy Brown Skink

Robb 1980 Winkel, Baling & Hitchmough 2018