Speckled Skink

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Speckled Skink
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: O. infrapunctatum
Binomial name
Oligosoma infrapunctatum
(Boulenger, 1887)

The Speckled Skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found only in New Zealand. [1]

The Speckled Skink is classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification System as being in 'gradual decline'.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Oligosoma infrapunctatum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  2. ^ New Zealand Threat Classification System lists 2005, Hitchmough, R.; Bull, L.; Cromarty, P. (comps) (2007) Department of Conservation, Wellington. 194 p.
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