Oligosoma hardyi

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 hardyi

Name

• Oligosoma hardyi (Chapple, Patterson, Bell & Daugherty, 2008)
  • Authority for placement: synonymy of original genus
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym for Graham Hardy)
  • Original genus: Cyclodina Girard, 1857
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'Adult male'
    • Repository: MONZ RE4903
  • Type locality: 'Stack "C," Poor Knights Islands (35°31'S, 174°44'E)' [NEW ZEALAND ND]
  • ZooBank: 09EE97A5-14C5-444F-974B-CE504167A3E3

Combinations

• Cyclodina hardyi: original combination

References

Primary 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.  [first availability, see p. 441, and fig. 2A]

Vernacular names

English: Hardy's skink

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