• Source: Oligosoma

Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Oligosoma had previously been found to belong to the Eugongylus group of genera in the subfamily Lygosominae; the Australian genus Bassiana appears to be fairly closely related.




Species


The currently described species are:

Oligosoma acrinasum (Hardy, 1977) – Fiordland skink
Oligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1858) – copper skink
Oligosoma alani (Robb, 1970) – Alan's skink, robust skink
Oligosoma albornense Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, D. Chapple & Patterson, 2019 – Alborn skink
Oligosoma aureocola Knox, Patterson & D. Chapple, 2023
Oligosoma auroraense Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, D. Chapple & Patterson, 2019 – Hawke's Bay skink, eastern speckled skink
Oligosoma awakopaka Jewell, 2017 – Awakopaka skink
Oligosoma burganae D. Chapple et al., 2011 – Burgan skink
Oligosoma chloronoton (Hardy, 1977) – green skink
Oligosoma elium Melzer, Bell & Patterson, 2017 – Marlborough spotted skink
Oligosoma fallai (McCann, 1955) – Falla's skink, Three Kings skink
Oligosoma grande (Gray, 1845) – grand skink
Oligosoma hardyi (D. Chapple, Patterson, Bell & Daugherty, 2008) – Hardy's skink
Oligosoma homalonotum (Boulenger, 1906) – chevron skink
Oligosoma hoparatea Whitaker, D. Chapple, Hitchmough, Lettink & Patterson, 2018 – Pukuma skink, white-bellied skink
Oligosoma inconspicuum (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990) – cryptic skink
Oligosoma infrapunctatum (Boulenger, 1887) – cobble skink, speckled skink
Oligosoma judgei Patterson & Bell, 2009 – barrier skink
Oligosoma kahurangi Patterson & Hitchmough, 2021
Oligosoma kakerakau Barr, D. Chapple, Hitchmough, Patterson & Ngatiwai Trust Board, 2021
Oligosoma kokowai Melzer, Bell & Patterson, 2017 – northern spotted skink
Oligosoma levidensum (D. Chapple, Patterson, Bell & Daugherty, 2008) – slight skink
Oligosoma lichenigerum (O’Shaughnessy, 1874) – Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands skink
Oligosoma lineoocellatum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851) – Canterbury spotted skink
Oligosoma longipes Patterson, 1997 – long-toed skink
Oligosoma maccanni (Hardy, 1977) – McCann's skink
Oligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975) – MacGregor's skink
Oligosoma microlepis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990) – small-scaled skink
Oligosoma moco (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Moko skink
Oligosoma newmani (Wells & Wellington, 1985) – Newman's speckled skink
Oligosoma nigriplantare (W. Peters, 1874) – Chatham Islands skink
Oligosoma northlandi (Worthy, 1991) – Northland skink (extinct)
Oligosoma notosaurus (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990) – southern skink
Oligosoma oliveri (McCann, 1955) – marbled skink, Oliver's New Zealand skink
Oligosoma ornatum (Gray, 1843) – Gray's ornate skink
Oligosoma otagense (McCann, 1955) – Otago skink
Oligosoma pachysomaticum (Robb, 1975) – Coromandel skink
Oligosoma pikitanga Bell & Patterson, 2008 – Sinbad skink
Oligosoma polychroma Patterson & Daugherty, 1990 – common New Zealand skink, southern grass skink
Oligosoma prasinum Melzer, Bell & Patterson, 2017 – Mackenzie skink
Oligosoma repens D. Chapple, Bell, S. Chapple, Miller, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011 – Eyres skink
Oligosoma robinsoni (Wells & Wellington, 1985) – crenulate skink, Hokitika skink, cobble skink
Oligosoma roimata Patterson, Hitchmough & D. Chapple, 2013 – Aorangi skink
Oligosoma salmo Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, D. Chapple & Patterson, 2019 – Chesterfield skink
Oligosoma smithi (Gray, 1845) – shore skink
Oligosoma stenotis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1994) – small-eared skink
Oligosoma striatum (Buller, 1871) – striped skink
Oligosoma suteri (Boulenger, 1906) – egg-laying skink, Suter's skink
Oligosoma taumakae D. Chapple & Patterson, 2007 – Open Bay Islands skink, Taumaka skink
Oligosoma tekakahu D. Chapple, Bell, S. Chapple, Miller, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011 – Te Kakahu skink
Oligosoma toka D. Chapple, Bell, S. Chapple, Miller, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011 – Nevis skink
Oligosoma townsi (D. Chapple, Patterson, Gleeson, Daugherty & Ritchie, 2008) – Mokohinau skink
Oligosoma waimatense (McCann, 1955) – scree skink
Oligosoma whitakeri (Hardy, 1977) – Whitaker's New Zealand skink
Oligosoma zelandicum (Gray, 1843) – brown skink
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Oligosoma.
Numerous undescribed species also exist within the genus, including the cobble skink and tātahi skink.




= Merger of Oligosoma and Cyclodina

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A molecular phylogenetic analysis has merged the genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete taxon.




References






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, 2021

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Spesies terancam
• Mengkarung
• Oligosoma
• Tātahi skink
• Oligosoma kakerakau
• Grand skink
• Otago skink
• Oligosoma polychroma
• Oligosoma infrapunctatum
• Oligosoma suteri
• Oligosoma awakopaka
• Scree skink