Oligosoma pikitanga

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 pikitanga

Name

• Oligosoma pikitanga Bell & Patterson, 2008
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated [No paratypes designated, but several specimens included as 'live specimens']
    • Description: 'juvenile male, 61 mm SVL, 75 mm tail length'
    • Repository: MONZ RE 5315
  • Type locality: 'Sinbad Gully, Llawrenny Peaks, Fiordland (44° 38'44.46'' S 167° 48'19.65'' E; New Zealand Map Grid (NZMG) reference E2098195 N2098195, map series 260, sheet code D40.), 1100 m AS'

References

Primary references

• Bell, T.P. & Patterson, G.B. 2008. A rare alpine skink Oligosoma pikitanga n. sp. (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Llawrenny Peaks, Fiordland, New Zealand. Zootaxa 1882(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1882.1.3 Reference page.