Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Scincidae Scientific name Oligosoma stenotis | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Genus Oligosoma Rank Species | |
Similar Oligosoma notosaurus, Fiordland skink, Falla's skink, Whitaker's skink, Scree skink | ||
The small-eared skink, Oligosoma stenotis, is found only on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It was first described in 1994 by Geoff Patterson and Charles Daugherty. It is a moderately small (80 mm snout to vent) skink, that lives in one of the most inhospitable (to lizards) environments on earth.
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