| Woodworthia | |
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| W. maculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Diplodactylidae |
| Genus: | Woodworthia Garman, 1901 |
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. 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
References
- 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.
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