Small-scaled skink

Small-scaled skink
Oligosoma microlepis found in the central Rangitīkei District, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species:
O. microlepis
Binomial name
Oligosoma microlepis
(Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)
Distribution of the small-scaled skink on a map of the North Island
  Known native range

The small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The first specimen was captured in 1971 on Motutaiko Island, Lake Taupō but it is now known to be endemic to the central North Island of New Zealand in small population pockets.[2] The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[3]

Conservation status

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the small-scaled skink as "Nationally Vulnerable" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hitchmough, R.; Lettink, M.; van Winkel, D.; Chapple, D. (2019). "Oligosoma microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15258A120190602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15258A120190602.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gebauer, Konstanze (2008). "Site survey and evaluation of trapping and identification techniques for small scaled skinks (oligosoma microlepis)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Oligosoma microlepis Patterson & Daugherty, 1990; holotype". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  4. ^ Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony. "Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012" (PDF). Department of Conservation. The Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 July 2015.


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