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]
  • Leilopisma macgregori
    Robb, 1975
  • Cyclodina macgregori
    — Hardy, 1977
  • Oligosoma macgregori
    — Chapple, 2009

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. 1 2 "Oligosoma macgregori ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group. 1996. Oligosoma macgregori. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4 Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
  3. 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

Wikispecies has information related to: Oligosoma macgregori


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