marbled skink
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{speciesbox
|name=Marbled skink
|image=Oligosoma oliveri 455588101.jpg
|status= NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus=Oligosoma
|species=oliveri
|authority=(McCann, 1955)
|synonyms=*Leiolopisma oliveri
{{small|McCann, 1955}}
- Leiolopisma pachystomaticum
{{small|Robb, 1975}} - Cyclodina oliveri
{{small|— Hardy, 1977}} - Oligosoma oliveri
{{small|— Patterson & T.P. Bell, 2009}}
|synonyms_ref={{EMBL species|genus=Oligosoma|species=oliveri}}. www.reptile-database.org.
| range_map = New Zealand - Poor Knights Islands location map.svg
| range_map_caption = Distribution of the marbled skink on a map of the North Island {{leftlegend|#05833E|Known native range}}
}}
The marbled skink (Oligosoma oliveri) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.
Etymology
Reproduction
O. oliveri 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.
- McCann C (1955). "The Lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae". Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1–127. (Leiolopisma oliveri, new species, pp. 76–77, 79, 94 + Plate XIII, figures 1–5).
- van Winkel D, Baling M, Hitchmough R (2019). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. viii + 366 pp. (Oligosoma oliveri, pp. 157, 286–287, 297–298).
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Category:Endemic reptiles of New Zealand
Category:Reptiles described in 1955
Category:Taxa named by Charles McCann
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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