Rod Hitchmough

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Species Distribution and Climate Change(20), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(11), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(10), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(3), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(3)

Publications29 total

Trends in overall extinction risk for indigenous taxa in Aotearoa New Zealand
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Trends in overall extinction risk for indigenous taxa in Aotearoa New Zealand
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
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
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Trends in overall extinction risk for indigenous taxa in Aotearoa New Zealand
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2026Open Access
Author response for "Supplementing human observation with artificial intelligence impacts demographic estimates for a critically endangered lizard"
2025
Supplementing human observation with artificial intelligence impacts demographic estimates for a critically endangered lizard
Ecological Solutions and Evidence·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conservation impact
Conservation Biology·2021· 101 citedOpen Access
Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk
Biological Conservation·2021· 42 citedOpen Access
Unexpected Morphological Diversity in New Zealand’s Large Diplodactylidae Geckos
Research Square (Research Square)·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Reviewing the past, present and potential lizard faunas of New Zealand cities
Landscape and Urban Planning·2019· 15 cited
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·2019· 8 cited
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
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2019Open Access
Conservation status of New Zealand bats, 2017 (New Zealand Threat Classification Series, 21)
QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology)·2018· 6 citedOpen Access
New Zealand Conservation status of New Zealand earthworms, 2014
Unitec Research Bank (Unitec Institute of Technology)·2015Open Access
New Zealand reptiles and their conservation
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2014· 10 cited
Conservation status of New Zealand marine invertebrates, 2013
2014· 3 cited
Analyses of extinction risk are an important part of the conservation process – Reply to Monks
Biological Conservation·2013· 2 citedOpen Access
New Zealand Threat Classification System: reply to Breen and Middleton
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research·2013Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David G. Chapple(8), Sabine Melzer(4), Reid Tingley(3), Nicola J. Nelson(3), Trent Bell(3), Pascale Michel(3), Ellen Cieraad(3), Peter J. de Lange(2), David A. Norton(2), P. B. Heenan(2), Shannel P. Courtney(2), Aaron M. Bauer(2), S. Blair Hedges(2), Rochelle Constantine(2), Ian Stringer(2), G. B. Patterson(2), Emily A. Jordan(2), John G. Ewen(2), Lisandro Morán(2), David J. Murrell(2)