Nevis skink
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Oligosoma toka.jpg
| name = Nevis skink
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Oligosoma
| species = toka
| authority = Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Patterson & Daugherty, 2011
| synonyms =
| range_map = Oligosoma toka - map.svg
| range_map_caption = Distribution of Oligosoma toka on a map of the South Island {{leftlegend|#05833E|Known native range}}
}}
The Nevis skink (Oligosoma toka) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. It is named in honour of the location of its habitat, the Nevis valley.{{cite web|title=Oligosoma toka CHAPPLE, BELL, CHAPPLE, MILLER, DAUGHERTY & PATTERSON, 2011|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Oligosoma&species=toka|website=The Reptile Database|publisher=The Reptile Database|accessdate=20 July 2015}}
Conservation status
As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the Nevis skink as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.{{cite web|last1=Hitchmough|first1=Rod|last2=Anderson|first2=Peter|last3=Barr|first3=Ben|last4=Monks|first4=Jo|last5=Lettink|first5=Marieke|last6=Reardon|first6=James|last7=Tocher|first7=Mandy|last8=Whitaker|first8=Tony|title=Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012|url=http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs2entire.pdf|website=Department of Conservation|publisher=The Government of New Zealand|accessdate=18 July 2015}}
Similar species
The Nevis skink can be mistaken for the more common northern grass skink (Oligosoma polychroma), though tends to have a heavier body build and a less-streamlined head.
References
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External links
{{Wikispecies|Oligosoma toka}}
- [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/1028142 Holotype specimen of Oligosoma toka held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocknvole/5495091645 Image of a Nevis skink]
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Category:Endemic reptiles of New Zealand
Category:Reptiles described in 2011
Category:Taxa named by David G. Chapple
Category:Taxa named by Trent Bell
Category:Taxa named by Stephanie N.J. Chapple
Category:Taxa named by Kimberly A. Miller
Category:Taxa named by Geoff B. Patterson
Category:Taxa named by Charles H. Daugherty
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