Geoff B. Patterson

Geoff B. Patterson, New Zealander herpetologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Patterson, G.B. & Daugherty, C.H. 1994. Leiolopisma stenotis, n. sp., (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(1): 125–132. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1994.9517459 Reference page.

Patterson, G.B. 1997: South Island skinks of the genus Oligosoma: description of O. longipes n. sp. with redescription of O. otagense (McCann) and O. waimatense (McCann). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27(4): 439-450. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9517547 .

Chapple, D.G. & Patterson, G.B. 2007. A new skink species (Oligosoma taumakae sp. nov.; Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Open Bay Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 34(4): 347–357. DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510094 Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2008. A rare alpine skink Oligosoma pikitanga n. sp. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Llawrenny Peaks, Fiordland, New Zealand. Zootaxa 1882(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1882.1.3 Reference page.
Chapple, D.G., Patterson, G.B., Bell, T.P. & Daugherty, C.H. 2008. Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand copper skink (Cyclodina aenea: Squamata: Scincidae) species complex, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Herpetology 42(3): 437–452. DOI: 10.1670/07-110.1 Reference page.
Chapple, D.G., Patterson, G.B., Gleeson, D.M., Daugherty, C.H. & Ritchie, P.A. 2008. Taxonomic revision of the marbled skink (Cyclodina oliveri, Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex, with a description of a new species. New Zealand journal of zoology 35(2): 129–146. DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510110 Reference page.

Patterson, G.B. & Bell, T.P. 2009. The Barrier skink Oligosoma judgei n. sp. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Darran and Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 2271: 43–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2271.1.4 . Reference page.

Chapple, D.G., Bell, T.P., Chapple, S.N.J., Daugherty, C.H. & Patterson, G.B. 2011. Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of the New Zealand cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex. Zootaxa 2782: 1–33. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2782.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Patterson, G.B., Hitchmough, R.A. & Chapple, D.G. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand. Zootaxa 3736(1): 54–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.2 Reference page.

Melzer, S., Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2017. Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4300(3): 355–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.3.2. Reference page.
Melzer, S., Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2017. SABINE MELZER, TRENT BELL & GEOFF B. PATTERSON (2017) Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa, 4300: 355–379. Zootaxa 4350(3): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.14. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Whitaker, T., Chapple, D.G., Hitchmough, R.A., Lettink, M. & Patterson, G.B. 2018. A new species of scincid lizard in the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the mid-Canterbury high country, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4377(2): 269–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.7 Reference page.

Melzer, S., Hitchmough, R.A., Bell, T., Chapple, D.G. & Patterson, G.B. 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 Reference page.

Barr, B.P., Chapple, D.G., Hitchmough, R.A., Patterson, G.B. & Ngātiwai Trust Board 2021. A new species of Oligosoma (Squamata: Scincidae) from the northern North Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa 5047(4): 401–415. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.4.1 Reference page.

Knox, C., Patterson, G.B. & Chapple, D.G. 2023. Oligosoma aureocola sp. nov. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the northern Southland high country of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Zootaxa 5285(2): 271–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.3 Reference page.

Bell, T. & Patterson, G.B. 2024. The Okuru skink (Oligosoma carinacauda sp. nov) of South Westland, New Zealand—simply elusive or extinct?. Zootaxa 5536(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.4 Reference page.