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Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae). It is found only in New Zealand. It belongs to the Eugongylus group; the genus Bassiana appears to be a fairly close relative (Austin & Arnold 2006).
[edit] Species
- Fiordland skink, Oligosoma acrinasum
- Green skink, Oligosoma chloronoton
- Three Kings skink, Oligosoma fallai
- Narrow-bodied skink, Oligosoma gracilicorpus - possibly extinct
- Grand skink, Oligosoma grande
- Chevron skink, Oligosoma homalonotum
- Cryptic skink, Oligosoma inconspicuum
- Speckled skink, Oligosoma infrapunctatum
- Spotted skink, Oligosoma lineoocellatum
- Long-toed skink, Oligosoma longipes
- Maccanns skink, Oligosoma maccanni
- Small-scaled skink, Oligosoma microlepis
- Moko skink, Oligosoma moco
- Chatham Islands skink, Oligosoma nigriplantare
- Southern skink, Oligosoma notosaurus
- Otago skink, Oligosoma otagense
- Shore skink, Oligosoma smithi
- Small-eared skink, Oligosoma stenotis
- New Zealand Striped skink, Oligosoma striatum
- Suters skink, Oligosoma suteri
- Open Bay Islands skink, Oligosoma taumakae
- Scree skink, Oligosoma waimatense
- Brown skink, Oligosoma zelandicum
[edit] References
- Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006): Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
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