Oligosoma aeneum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Oligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1857)

Primary type: neotype [probably invalidly designated]
- Fixation: designated by Hardy, 1977: 266
- Description:
- Repository: MONZ, as 'NMNZ R1816 (ex ED S193)'
Type locality: 'Blue Mountains, Hutt Valley'
- NOTE: this is the type locality on the assumption that the neotype is valid
ZooBank: CF72F45A-0E9D-4A70-86D6-DCA68030809E

Girard, C.F. 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. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 195–199. BHL Reference page. [First availability, see p. 196]

Hardy, G.S. 1977: The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study. New Zealand journal of zoology 4(3): 221–325. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1977.9517956 . Gbooks. Reference page. [Neotype designation, see p. 266]

Chapple, D.G., Patterson, G.B., Bell, T.P. & Daugherty, C.H. 2008. Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand copper skink (Cyclodina aenea: Squamata: Scincidae) species complex, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Herpetology 42(3): 437–452. DOI: 10.1670/07-110.1 Reference page.
Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.B. 2010: Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, SCINCIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name and suppression of the senior subjective synonym Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum Gray, 1843). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 67 (4): 307–313.
Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in: {{Chapter 24 in ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8}}

ICZN 2012: OPINION 2313 (Case 3510) Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, SCINCIDAE) and Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum): specific names conserved and neotype designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 69(4): 308–309. Abstract Reference page.
McCallum, J. 1981: Reptiles of Tawhiti Rahi Island, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Tane, 27: 55–58. PDF

McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page.

English: Copper skink

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