Taxonavigation

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

Name

• Oligosoma roimata Patterson, Hitchmough & Chapple, 2013
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: unchangeable [noun in apposition]
  • Original genus: Oligosoma Girard, 1857
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'adult male'
    • Repository: MONZ NMNZ RE001626#32
  • Type locality: 'Aorangi Island, Poor Knights (35° 28’S, 174° 44’E)' [NEW ZEALAND ND]
  • ZooBank: 13F2C7F9-0D56-4B72-ABEE-48CFE9C0652D

Primary references

• Patterson, G.B.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Chapple, D.G. 2013: Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand. Zootaxa 3736(1): 54–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.2 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 61, and fig. 3]

References

• Chapple, D.G.; Daugherty, C.H.; Ritchie, P.A. 2008: Comparative phylogeography reveals pre-decline population structure of New Zealand Cyclodina (Reptilia: Scincidae) species. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 95(2): 388–408. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01062.x Reference page.  [See p. 404, as Cyclodina ornata ‘Poor Knights’; also as Cyclodina ornata ‘PKI’]

Vernacular names

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