Taxonavigation

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: Oligosoma aeneum

Name

• Oligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1857)
  • Primary type: neotype [probably invalidly designated]
    • Fixation: designated by Hardy, 1977: 266
    • Description:
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'NMNZ R1816 (ex ED S193)'
  • Type locality: 'Blue Mountains, Hutt Valley'
    • NOTE: this is the type locality on the assumption that the neotype is valid
  • ZooBank: CF72F45A-0E9D-4A70-86D6-DCA68030809E

Primary references

• Girard, C. 1857: Descriptions of some new reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Fourth part. - Including the species of saurians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1857: 195–199. BHL Reference page.  [First availability, see p. 196]

• 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.  [Neotype designation, see p. 266]

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. 
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.B. 2010: Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, SCINCIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name and suppression of the senior subjective synonym Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum Gray, 1843). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 67 (4): 307–313.
• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in: {{Chapter 24 in ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8}}

• ICZN 2012: OPINION 2313 (Case 3510) Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, SCINCIDAE) and Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum): specific names conserved and neotype designated. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 69(4): 308–309. Abstract Reference page. 
• McCallum, J. 1981: Reptiles of Tawhiti Rahi Island, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Tane, 27: 55–58. PDF

• McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum bulletin (17). Reference page. 

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