Oligosoma carinacauda

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 carinacauda

Name

Oligosoma carinacauda Bell & Patterson, 2024: 126

• Holotype: NMNZ RE005417, collected by Peter Philpott on 17 June 2000.
• Type locality: “Mussel Point, Okuru, South Westland, New Zealand (-43.917777 168.878611)”.

References

Primary references

• Bell, T. & Patterson, G.B. 2024. The Okuru skink (Oligosoma carinacauda sp. nov) of South Westland, New Zealand—simply elusive or extinct?. Zootaxa 5536(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Okuru Skink