Macgregor's skink
Macgregor's skink | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Oligosoma |
Species: | O. macgregori
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Binomial name | |
Oligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975)
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McGregor's skink (Oligosoma macgregori ) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Etymology[]
The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of New Zealand zoologist William Roy McGregor.[3]
Geographic range[]
In New Zealand O. macgregori is found on the Cavalli Islands, on Mana Island, and in the North Island at the Hauraki Gulf.[2]
Description[]
O. macgregori is a medium-sized lizard species. Maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) is 112 mm (4.4 in).[2]
Reproduction[]
O. macgregori is viviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Hitchmough, R. (2021). "Oligosoma macgregori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T6011A120190326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T6011A120190326.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Oligosoma macgregori at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
Further reading[]
- , , (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).
- (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[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Reptiles of New Zealand
- Oligosoma
- Reptiles described in 1975
- Taxa named by Joan Robb
- Lygosominae stubs