Oligosoma aeneum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: Oligosoma aeneum

Name

Oligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1857)

• Primary type: neotype [probably invalidly designated]
  • Fixation: designated by Hardy, 1977: 266
  • Description:
  • Repository: MONZ, as 'NMNZ R1816 (ex ED S193)'
• Type locality: 'Blue Mountains, Hutt Valley'
  • NOTE: this is the type locality on the assumption that the neotype is valid
• ZooBank: CF72F45A-0E9D-4A70-86D6-DCA68030809E

Combinations

• Cyclodina aenea: original combination

References

Primary references

• Girard, C.F. 1857. Descriptions of some new reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Fourth part. - Including the species of saurians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 195–199. BHL Reference page.  [First availability, see p. 196]
• Hardy, G.S. 1977: The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study. New Zealand journal of zoology 4(3): 221–325. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1977.9517956 . Gbooks. Reference page.  [Neotype designation, see p. 266]

Additional references

• Chapple, D.G., Patterson, G.B., Bell, T.P. & Daugherty, C.H. 2008. Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand copper skink (Cyclodina aenea: Squamata: Scincidae) species complex, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Herpetology 42(3): 437–452. DOI: 10.1670/07-110.1 Reference page. 
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.B. 2010: Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, SCINCIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name and suppression of the senior subjective synonym Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum Gray, 1843). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 67 (4): 307–313.
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 
• ICZN 2012: OPINION 2313 (Case 3510) Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, SCINCIDAE) and Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum): specific names conserved and neotype designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 69(4): 308–309. Abstract Reference page. 
• McCallum, J. 1981: Reptiles of Tawhiti Rahi Island, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Tane, 27: 55–58. PDF
• McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Copper skink