Oligosoma eludens

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 eludens

Name

Oligosoma eludens Knox, Chapple & Bell, 2024: 483

• Holotype: NMNZ RE.008616, collected by Tony Jewell on 16 January 2020.
• Type locality: “western slope of Peak 1658, south-eastern end of Hawkdun Range, Otago, New Zealand (-44.892481, 170.059696; 1,500 m ASL)”.

References

Primary references

• Knox, C., Chapple, D.G. & Bell, T. 2024. Oligosoma eludens sp. nov. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Hawkdun, Ida, and Saint Bathans Ranges of North Otago, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Zootaxa 5437(4): 480–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Rockhopper Skink