Oligosoma
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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.[1]
Species
The currently described species[2] are:
- Oligosoma acrinasum (Hardy, 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Fiordland skink
- Oligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1858)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – copper skink
- Oligosoma alani (Robb, 1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Alan's skink, robust skink
- Oligosoma albornense Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, D. Chapple & Patterson, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Alborn skink
- Oligosoma aureocola Knox, Patterson & D. Chapple, 2023Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mataura skink
- Oligosoma auroraense Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, D. Chapple & Patterson, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Hawke's Bay skink, eastern speckled skink
- Oligosoma awakopaka Jewell, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Awakopaka skink
- Oligosoma burganae D. Chapple et al., 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Burgan skink
- Oligosoma chloronoton (Hardy, 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – green skink
- Oligosoma elium Melzer, Bell & Patterson, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Marlborough spotted skink
- Oligosoma eludens Knox, Chapple & Bell, 2024Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Rockhopper skink
- Oligosoma fallai (McCann, 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Falla's skink, Three Kings skink
- Oligosoma grande (Gray, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – grand skink
- Oligosoma hardyi (D. Chapple, Patterson, Bell & Daugherty, 2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Hardy's skink
- Oligosoma homalonotum (Boulenger, 1906)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – chevron skink
- Oligosoma hoparatea Whitaker, D. Chapple, Hitchmough, Lettink & Patterson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pukuma skink, white-bellied skink
- Oligosoma inconspicuum (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – cryptic skink
- Oligosoma infrapunctatum (Boulenger, 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – cobble skink, speckled skink
- Oligosoma judgei Patterson & Bell, 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – barrier skink
- Oligosoma kahurangi Patterson & Hitchmough, 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Oligosoma kakerakau Barr, D. Chapple, Hitchmough, Patterson & Ngatiwai Trust Board, 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Oligosoma kokowai Melzer, Bell & Patterson, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern spotted skink
- Oligosoma levidensum (D. Chapple, Patterson, Bell & Daugherty, 2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – slight skink
- Oligosoma lichenigerum (O’Shaughnessy, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands skink
- Oligosoma lineoocellatum (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Canterbury spotted skink
- Oligosoma longipes Patterson, 1997Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – long-toed skink
- Oligosoma maccanni (Hardy, 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – McCann's skink
- Oligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – MacGregor's skink
- Oligosoma microlepis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – small-scaled skink
- Oligosoma moco (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Moko skink
- Oligosoma newmani (Wells & Wellington, 1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Newman's speckled skink
- Oligosoma nigriplantare (W. Peters, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chatham Islands skink
- Oligosoma northlandi (Worthy, 1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Northland skink (extinct)
- Oligosoma notosaurus (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southern skink
- Oligosoma oliveri (McCann, 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – marbled skink, Oliver's New Zealand skink
- Oligosoma ornatum (Gray, 1843)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Gray's ornate skink
- Oligosoma otagense (McCann, 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Otago skink
- Oligosoma pachysomaticum (Robb, 1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Coromandel skink
- Oligosoma pikitanga Bell & Patterson, 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Sinbad skink
- Oligosoma polychroma Patterson & Daugherty, 1990Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – common New Zealand skink, southern grass skink
- Oligosoma prasinum Melzer, Bell & Patterson, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mackenzie skink
- Oligosoma repens D. Chapple, Bell, S. Chapple, Miller, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Eyres skink
- Oligosoma robinsoni (Wells & Wellington, 1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – crenulate skink, Hokitika skink, cobble skink
- Oligosoma roimata Patterson, Hitchmough & D. Chapple, 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Aorangi skink
- Oligosoma salmo Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, D. Chapple & Patterson, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chesterfield skink
- Oligosoma smithi (Gray, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – shore skink
- Oligosoma stenotis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – small-eared skink
- Oligosoma striatum (Buller, 1871)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – striped skink
- Oligosoma suteri (Boulenger, 1906)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – egg-laying skink, Suter's skink
- Oligosoma taumakae D. Chapple & Patterson, 2007Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Open Bay Islands skink, Taumaka skink
- Oligosoma tekakahu D. Chapple, Bell, S. Chapple, Miller, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Te Kakahu skink
- Oligosoma toka D. Chapple, Bell, S. Chapple, Miller, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Nevis skink
- Oligosoma townsi (D. Chapple, Patterson, Gleeson, Daugherty & Ritchie, 2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mokohinau skink
- Oligosoma waimatense (McCann, 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – scree skink
- Oligosoma whitakeri (Hardy, 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Whitaker's New Zealand skink
- Oligosoma zelandicum (Gray, 1843)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 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
A molecular phylogenetic analysis[3] has merged the genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete taxon.
References
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- ↑ 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. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers". (HTML abstract)
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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
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