Brown skink

brown skink

Gradual Decline (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: O. zelandicum
Binomial name
Oligosoma zelandicum
(Gray, 1843)
Distribution
Synonyms
  • Leiolopisma zelandica
  • Leiolopisma zelandicum
  • Lygosoma zelandica
  • Mocoa zelandica
  • Tiliqua zelandica

The brown skink, Oligosoma zelandicum, is a species of skink native to New Zealand.[2]

Distribution

The brown skink is relatively numerous and is found from Taranaki to Wellington in the North Island and in the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson and Westland in the South Island.[3]

Conservation status

The brown skink is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2010.[4] In 2012 the Department of Conservation classified the brown skink as At Risk Declining under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony. "Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012" (PDF). Department of Conservation. The Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Oligosoma zelandicum (GRAY, 1843)". Reptile Database. Reptile Database. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Oligosoma zelandicum Brown skink". Landcare Research - NZ Lizards Database. Landcare Research. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Chapple, D.G. 2010. Oligosoma zelandicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.2. Downloaded on 22 July 2015


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