Macgregor's skink
| McGregor's skink | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Eugongylinae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. macgregori |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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McGregor's skink, Oligosoma macgregori, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is found only in New Zealand.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of New Zealand zoologist William Roy McGregor.[3]
Description
O. macgregori is a medium-sized lizard species. Maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) is 112 mm (4.4 in).[1]
References
- 1 2 "Oligosoma macgregori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group. 1996. Oligosoma macgregori. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4 Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclodina macgregori, p. 173).
Further reading
- Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH. 2009. Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470-487. (Oligosoma macgregori, new combination).
- Hardy GS. 1977. The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study. New Zealand J. Zool. 4: 221-325. (Cyclodina macgregori, new combination, p. 272).
- Robb J. 1975. Two new skinks of the genus Leiolopisma from New Zealand. Proc. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenscappe 78 (5): 477-483. (Leiolopisma macgregori, new species, p. 480).
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