Oligosoma lineoocellatum

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 lineoocellatum

Name

• Oligosoma lineoocellatum (Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851)

Lectotype. MNHN 1991:2731 [5053A], collected by M. Arnoux & M. de Belligny, date unknown. [designed by Melzer, Bell & Patterson (2017)]

Type locality: “Tasmanie” (in error), labeled as “Nouvelle-Zélande [=New Zealand]”.

Paralectotypes (3): MNHN 5475; MNHN 2007.2418 [5475A]; MNHN 5053, coll. by M. Arnoux & M. de Belligny, date unknown. [designed by Melzer, Bell & Patterson (2017)]

Combinations

• Lygosoma lineo-ocellatum Duméril, 1851: 169 [original combination]
• Leiolopisma lineo-ocellata — Mittleman, 1952: 26 [subsequent combination]
• Leiolopisma lineo-ocellatum — McCann, 1955: 76 [subsequent combination]
• Leiolopisma lineoocellatum — Schipper, 1972: 56 [subsequent combination]
• Oligosoma lineoocellatum — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 63 [subsequent combination]

References

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret: Paris. iv + 224 pp. Reference page. 
• Melzer, S., Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2017. Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4300(3): 355–379. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.3.2. Reference page. 
• McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page. 
• 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. 251
• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oligosoma lineoocellatum. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 July 2018.