Long-toed skink

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iLong-toed skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: O. longipes
Binomial name
Oligosoma longipes

The long-toed skink (Oligosoma longipes) is a species of skink, first described by Geoff Patterson in 1997 [1]. It is known from a few sites in the South Island of New Zealand. Little is known of its habits. It seems to prefer dry, rocky habitats, usually eroding river terraces or scree slopes. It is diurnal and heliothermic. Maximum snout-vent length is about 70 mm.

[edit] References

  1. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 27, Number 4 pp 439-450


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