Scree skink

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Scree skink
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: O. waimatense
Binomial name
Oligosoma waimatense
Patterson 1997

The scree skink, Oligosoma waimatense, is a species of skink native to several sites throughout the South Island of New Zealand. A member of the Oligosoma genus, it was described by Geoff Patterson in 1997[1]. It favours rocky habitats, particularly greywacke screes.

[edit] References

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