Oligosoma
| Oligosoma | |
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| Otago skink, Oligosoma otagense | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Lygosominae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma Girard, 1857 |
| Species | |
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Over 30, see text. | |
Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand as well as Norfolk and Lord Howe islands. Oligosoma belongs to the Eugongylus group of genera in the subfamily Lygosominae; the genus Bassiana appears to be fairly closely related.[1]
Species
The currently described species[2] and about to be described species are:
(listed alphabetically by "common name")
- Alborn skink, O. sp.
- Aorangi skink, O. roimata Patterson, Hitchmough & Chapple, 2013
- Barrier skink, O. judgei Patterson & T.P. Bell, 2009
- Brown skink, O. zelandicum (Gray, 1843)
- Burgan skink, O. burganae Chapple et al., 2011
- Chatham Islands skink, O. nigriplantare (W. Peters, 1874)
- Chesterfield skink, O. sp.
- Chevron skink, O. homalonotum (Boulenger, 1906)
- Cobble skink, O. sp.
- Common skink, O. polychroma (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)
- Crenulate skink, O. robinsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985 = O. infrapunctatum (Boulenger, 1887)
- Cryptic skink, O. inconspicuum (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)
- Eyres skink, O. repens Chapple et al., 2011
- Falla's skink, O. fallai (McCann, 1955)
- Festive skink, O. sp.
- Fiordland skink, O. acrinasum (Hardy, 1977)
- Grand skink, O. grande (Gray, 1845)
- Green skink, O. chloronoton (Hardy, 1977)
- Kupe skink, O. sp.
- Lakes skink, O. sp.
- Long-toed skink, O. longipes Patterson, 1977
- Mackenzie skink, O. sp.
- McCann's skink, O. maccanni (Hardy, 1977)
- Moko skink, O. moco (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
- Nevis skink, O. toka Chapple et al., 2011
- Newman skink, O. sp.
- New Zealand striped skink, O. striatum (Buller, 1871)
- Open Bay Islands skink, O. taumakae Chapple & Patterson, 2007
- Otago skink, O. otagense (McCann, 1955)
- Rangitata skink, O. sp.
- Scree skink, O. waimatense (McCann, 1955)
- Shore skink, O. smithi (Gray, 1845)
- Sinbad skink, O. pikitanga T.P. Bell & Patterson, 2008
- Small-scaled skink, O. microlepis (Patterson and Daugherty, 1990)
- Small-eared skink, O. stenotis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1994)
- Southern skink, O. notosaurus (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)
- Speckled skink, O. infrapunctatum (Boulenger, 1887)
- Spotted skink, O. lineoocellatum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
- Suter's skink, O. suteri (Boulenger, 1906)
- Tatahi skink, O. sp.
- Te Kakahu skink, O. tekakahu Chapple et al., 2011
- Whirinaki skink, O. sp.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Oligosoma.
Merging Oligosoma and Cyclodina
A molecular phylogenetic analysis[3] has merged the old genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete taxon. The species previously included in Cyclodina are:
- Copper skink, O. aeneum (Girard, 1858)
- Hardy's skink, O. hardyi (Chapple et al., 2008)
- Lord Howe Island skink, O. lichenigera (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)
- McGregor's skink, O. macgregori (Robb, 1975)
- Marbled skink, O. oliveri (McCann, 1955)
- Mokohinau skink, O. townsi (Chapple et al., 2008)
- Northland skink, O. northlandi (Worthy, 1991), presumed extinct
- Ornate skink, O. ornatum (Gray, 1843)
- Robust skink, O. alani (Robb, 1970)
- Slight skink, O. levidensum (Chapple et al., 2008)
- Whitaker's skink, O. whitakeri (Hardy, 1977)
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)
- ↑ "Oligosoma ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Chapple, David G.; Ritchie, Peter A.; Daugherty, Charles H. (August 2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (2): 470–487. PMID 19345273. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.021. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
Further reading
- Girard, C. (1857). "Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Fourth Part.— Including the species of Saurians, exotic to North America". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 9: 195–199. (Oligosoma, new genus, p. 196).
- Jewell, T. (2011) A Photographic Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland (revised edition).
External links
- North Island Oligosoma spp. skink recovery plan 2002–2012
- Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012
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