Oligosoma otagense

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

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: Oligosoma otagense

Name

  • Oligosoma otagense (McCann, 1955)
    • Authority for current status: Hardy, 1977: 257
      • Undisputed by all subsequent authorities
    • Original combination: Leiolopisma grande otagense
    • Original status: valid subspecies of Leiolopisma grande

References

  • Chapple, D.G. et al. 2012: Phylogeography of the endangered Otago skink, Oligosoma otagense: population structure, hybridisation and genetic diversity in captive populations. PLoS One, 7 (4): e34599. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034599
  • Connolly, J.D.; Cree, A. 2008: Risks of a late start to captive management for conservation: phenotypic differences between wild and captive individuals of a viviparous endangered skink (Oligosoma otagense). Biological conservation, 141 (5): 1283–1292. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.026
  • 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 Open access. Gbooks. Reference page.  see p. 257
  • 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}} [incorrectly cited as Oligosoma otagense (Hardy, 1977)]
  • McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page. 
  • Reardon, J.T.; Norbury, G. 2004: Ectoparasite and hemoparasite infection in a diverse temperate lizard assemblage at Macraes Flat, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of parasitology, 90 (6): 1274–1278. DOI: 10.1645/GE-3326 JSTOR

Vernacular names

English: Otago skink
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