Lord Howe Island skink

Lord Howe Island skink
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3) ^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	O. lichenigera
Binomial name
*Oligosoma lichenigera* (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)
Synonyms
Cyclodina lichenigera (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) Leiolopisma lichenigerum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) Mocoa lichenigera O'Shaughnessy, 1874 Pseudemoia lichenigera (O'Shaughnessy, 1874)

The Lord Howe Island skink, Oligosoma lichenigera, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae found on Australia's Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.^[1]

References

1 2 Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). "Oligosoma lichenigera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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