Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/West Coast task force/Natural History
West Coast Reptiles project
[edit]Priority for the team is getting Wikidata and Wikipedia coverage of obscure West Coast lizard and gecko species, especially endangered ones, and working with DOC to release photos to Commons,
| Wikipedia | Quality | Wikidata | Commons category | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobble skink | Start | Q106918135 | — | Ref, ref, ref Contact editor of BioGecko for back issues. | |
| Oligosoma salmo | B | Q88635390 | Oligosoma salmo | ✓ | Could use habitat and skink-collecting photos |
| West Coast green gecko | Stub | Q3020142 | Nautinus tuberculatus | Need more pics | |
| Westport skink | — | — | — | ||
| Hokitika skink | — | — | — | ||
| Oligosoma albornense | C | Q420499 | Oligosoma albornense | ||
| Oligosoma taumakae | Start | Q3350595 | — | Change to Taumaka skink | |
| Open Bay Islands gecko | — | — | — | ||
| Ōkarito gecko | — | Q49608348 | — | Move to broad-cheeked gecko. Ref, ref, ref, NZTCS |
References
[edit]- van Winkel, Dylan; Baling, Marleen; Hitchmough, Rod (2018). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand (1st ed.). Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-937-1. OL 40449345M. Wikidata Q76013985.
- Sabine Melzer; Rod A Hitchmough; Trent Bell; David G Chapple; Geoff B Patterson (26 June 2019). "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". Zootaxa. 4623 (3): 441–484. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4623.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716246. Wikidata Q69500090.
West Coast nature
[edit]These are articles that willbe the focus of an edit-a-thon in 2022.
| Wikipedia | Quality | Wikidata | Commons category | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrytown Flats | — | Ilmenite mining | |||
| Denniston Plateau | B | Q99497614 | Denniston Plateau | ✓ | update species, more refs |
| Escarpment Mine Project | C | Q5397132 | Updating, link to Plateau | more refs needed | |
| Kororā | C | Q203628 | Eudyptula minor | Sort Australian vs NZ species | |
| Westland petrel | C | Q276196 | Procellaria westlandica | More photos needed, mining | |
| South Island kōkako | C | Q760949 | Callaeas cinereus | ||
| Open Bay Island leech | C | Q3698936 | Hirudobdella antipodum | photos | |
| Wall Island | — | Q99466422 | Wall Island, New Zealand | Article in German! | |
| Seal Island | — | Q104551163 | Article in German! | ||
| Open Bay Islands | Stub | Q7095956 | Expansion, photos. DOC? Te Papa? |
Reference: Parks, Geoff. (1995). Ngā Uruora: the Groves of Life. Wellington: Victoria University Press. See the chapter on the Barrytown Flats.
Other natural history topics
[edit]| Wikipedia | Quality | Wikidata | Commons category | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakihi | C | Q100252623 | Pakihi | ✓ | local landscape with no article |
| Barrytown Flats | Ilmenite mining | ||||
| Denniston Plateau | B | Q99497614 | Denniston Plateau | ✓ | more refs needed |
| Escarpment Mine Project | C | Q5397132 | Updating, link to Plateau | more refs needed | |
| Ōkārito | — | Q65430464 | no article! Just the lagoon | ||
| Dracophyllum townsonii | — | Q15376033 | North Westland | ||
| Dracophyllum densum | — | Q15376957 | Denniston and Paparoas | ||
| Chionochloa juncea | — | Q15512382 | North Westland snow tussock (only on Denniston Plateau) | ||
| Ngakawau Gorge daisy | — | Celmisia morganii | 1 | ||
| Lepidium naufragorum | — | Q17255351 | |||
| Epipterygium opararense | — | Q17282272 | — | Found on just one rock face. Photos? | |
| Kororā | C | Q203628 | Eudyptula minor | Sort Australian vs NZ species | |
| Westland petrel | C | Q276196 | Procellaria westlandica | More photos needed | |
| Whio | Start | Q420499 | Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos | ||
| South Island kōkako | C | Q760949 | Callaeas cinereus | ||
| Open Bay Island leech | C | Q3698936 | Hirudobdella antipodum | photos | |
| Powelliphanta snails | Start | Q2741119 | many | See new PhD thesis on classification | |
| Powelliphanta annectens | Stub | Q7236129 | Powelliphanta annectens | ||
| Nelson cave spider | Start | Q2376193 | Spelungula cavernicola | ||
| Austrosimulium ungulatum | Stub | Q14657445 |