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Oligosoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Scincidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Class
  
Reptilia

Subfamily
  
Lygosominae

Rank
  
Genus

Oligosoma httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Otago skink, Hoplodactylus, Leiolopisma, Copper skink, Grand skink

Fiordland skinks oligosoma acrinasum


Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand as well as Norfolk and Lord Howe islands. Oligosoma belongs to the Eugongylus group of genera in the subfamily Lygosominae; the genus Bassiana appears to be fairly closely related.

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New zealand reptiles otago skink oligosoma otagense


Species

The currently described and about to be described species are:

  • Alborn skink, O. sp.
  • Aorangi skink, O. roimata
  • Barrier skink, O. judgei
  • Brown skink, O. zelandicum
  • Burgan skink, O. burganae
  • Chatham Islands skink, O. nigriplantare
  • Chesterfield skink, O. sp.
  • Chevron skink, O. homalonotum
  • Cobble skink, O. sp.
  • Common skink, O. polychroma
  • Crenulate skink, O. robinsoni
  • Cryptic skink, O. inconspicuum
  • Eyres skink, O. repens
  • Falla's skink, O. fallai
  • Festive skink, O. sp.
  • Fiordland skink, O. acrinasum
  • Grand skink, O. grande
  • Green skink, O. chloronoton
  • Kupe skink, O. sp.
  • Lakes skink, O. sp.
  • Long-toed skink, O. longipes
  • Mackenzie skink, O. sp.
  • McCann's skink, O. maccanni
  • Moko skink, O. moco
  • Nevis skink, O. toka
  • Newman skink, O. sp.
  • New Zealand striped skink, O. striatum
  • Open Bay Islands skink, O. taumakae
  • Otago skink, O. otagense
  • Rangitata skink, O. sp.
  • Scree skink, O. waimatense
  • Shore skink, O. smithi
  • Sinbad skink, O. pikitanga
  • Small-scaled skink, O. microlepis
  • Small-eared skink, O. stenotis
  • Southern skink, O. notosaurus
  • Speckled skink, O. infrapunctatum
  • Spotted skink, O. lineoocellatum
  • Suter's skink, O. suteri
  • Tatahi skink, O. sp.
  • Te Kakahu skink, O. tekakahu
  • Whirinaki skink, O. sp.

    • Merging Oligosoma and Cyclodina

    A molecular phylogenetic analysis has merged the old genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete taxon. The species previously included in Cyclodina are:

  • Copper skink, O. aeneum
  • Hardy's skink, O. hardyi
  • Lord Howe Island skink, O. lichenigera
  • McGregor's skink, O. macgregori
  • Marbled skink, O. oliveri
  • Mokohinau skink, O. townsi
  • Northland skink, O. northlandi (presumed extinct)
  • Ornate skink, O. ornatum
  • Robust skink, O. alani
  • Slight skink, O. levidensum
  • Whitaker's skink, O. whitakeri

    • References

    Oligosoma Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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