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Macgregor's skink

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Oligosoma macgregori 53465448.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Oligosoma

| species = macgregori

| authority = (Robb, 1975)

| synonyms = * Leilopisma macgregori
{{small|Robb, 1975}}

  • Cyclodina macgregori
    {{small|— Hardy, 1977}}
  • Oligosoma macgregori
    {{small|— Chapple et al., 2009}}

| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Oligosoma|species=macgregori}}. www.reptile-database.org.

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hitchmough, R. |date=2021 |title=Oligosoma macgregori |volume=2021 |page=e.T6011A120190326 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T6011A120190326.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| range_map = Oligosoma macgregori - map.svg

| range_map_caption = Distribution of McGregor's skink on a map of the North Island {{leftlegend|#05833E|Known native range}}

}}

McGregor's skink (Oligosoma macgregori) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Etymology

The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of New Zealand zoologist William Roy McGregor.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Cyclodina macgregori, p. 173).

Geographic range

In New Zealand, O. macgregori was previously found across the North Island. However, they have been heavily impacted by the introduction of rodents, and they are now found in 1% of their former range.{{Cite web |title=Oligosoma macgregori {{!}} NZHS |url=https://www.reptiles.org.nz/herpetofauna/native/oligosoma-macgregori |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=www.reptiles.org.nz |language=en}} Relict populations are on the Cavalli Islands, on Mana Island (following a removal of all pest mammals), and in the North Island at the Hauraki Gulf.

Description

O. macgregori is a medium-sized lizard species. Maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) is {{Convert|112|mm|in|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

O. macgregori is viviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH (2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470–487. (Oligosoma macgregori, new combination).
  • Hardy GS (1977). "The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study". New Zealand J. Zool. 4: 221–325. (Cyclodina macgregori, new combination, p. 272).
  • Robb J (1975). "Two new skinks of the genus Leiolopisma from New Zealand". Proc. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenscappe 78 (5): 477–483. (Leiolopisma macgregori, new species, p. 480).
  • van Winkel, Dylan; Baling, Marleen; Hitchmough, Rod (2019). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. 376 pp. {{ISBN|978-1869409371}}.

External links

{{Wikispecies|Oligosoma macgregori}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150723073529/http://www.arkive.org/mcgregors-skink/oligosoma-macgregori/ Images of McGregors skink at Wildscreen Arkive].

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Category:Endemic reptiles of New Zealand

Category:Oligosoma

Category:Reptiles described in 1975

Category:Taxa named by Joan Robb

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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