Oligosoma fallai

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 fallai

Name

• Oligosoma fallai (McCann, 1955)
  • Authority for placement:
  • Gender: unchangeable [patronym]
  • Original genus: Leiolopisma Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes (2)
    • Fixation: 2 nominated as 'types', others included but not so nominated
    • Description: 1 female, 1 male
    • Repository: MONZ R 152 (male), R 151 (female)
  • Type locality: 'The Great King Island, the largest of the group ['Three Kings Islands']'
  • ZooBank: E3A30728-82DA-4ACA-8482-A191DF568600

Combinations

• Leiolopisma fallai: original combination

Primary references

• McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 87, and Plate X, figs. 6-10; Text fig. 12]

References

• 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.  [see p. 231]
• Parrish, G.R.; Gill, B.J. 2003: Natural history of the lizards of the Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 30(3): 205–220. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518339 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Falla's skink, Three Kings skink