Northland skink
Northland skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Lacertilia |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Oligosoma |
Species: | O. northlandi |
Binomial name | |
Oligosoma northlandi (Worthy, 1991) | |
Synonyms | |
Cyclodina northlandi |
The Northland skink, Oligosoma northlandi, was a species of skink which was endemic to the Northland Region of North Island, New Zealand. It is an extinct species known from late Holocene subfossil remains.[1] [2]
References
- 1 2 Uetz, P. "Species details : Oligosoma northlandi (Worthy, 1991)". Catalogue of Life. ITIS. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Worthy, T.H. (December 1991). "Fossil skink bones from Northland, New Zealand, and description of a new species of Cyclodina, Scincidae". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21 (4): 329–348. doi:10.1080/03036758.1991.10420831. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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