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Oligosoma  Girard, 1857
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1181659

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2022   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyScincidae Oppel, 1811 – Skinks  
                                  SubfamilyEugongylinae Welch, 1982  
                                     GenusOligosoma Girard, 1857  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma acrinasum (Hardy, 1977) – Fiordland Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1858) – Copper Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma alani (Robb, 1970) – Robust Skink, Alan's Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma albornense Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, Chapple and Patterson, 2019 – Alborn Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma auroraense Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, Chapple and Patterson, 2019 – Hawke's Bay Skink, Eastern Speckled Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma awakopaka Jewell, 2017 – Awakopaka Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma burganae Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Daugherty and Patterson, 2011 – Burgan Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma chloronoton (Hardy, 1977)  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma elium Melzer, Bell and Patterson, 2017 – Marlborough Spotted Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma fallai (McCann, 1955)  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma grande (Gray, 1845) – Grand Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma hardyi (Chapple, Patterson, Bell and Daugherty, 2008) – Hardy's Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma homalonotum (Boulenger, 1906) – Chevron Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma hoparatea Whitaker, Chapple, Hitchmough, Lettink and Patterson, 2018 – White-bellied Skink, Pukuma Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma inconspicuum (Patterson and Daugherty, 1990)  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma infrapunctatum (Boulenger, 1887) – Boulenger's Speckled Skink, Cobble Skink, Speckled Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma judgei Patterson and Bell, 2009 – Barrier Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma kahurangi Patterson and Hitchmough, 2021  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma kakerakau Barr, Chapple, Hitchmough, Patterson and Ngatiwai Trust Board, 2021  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma kokowai Melzer, Bell and Patterson, 2017 – Northern Spotted Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma levidensum (Chapple, Patterson, Bell and Daugherty, 2008) – Slight Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma lichenigerum (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) – Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma lineoocellatum (A. H. A. Duméril in A. M. C. Duméril and A. H. A. Duméril, 1851) – Canterbury Spotted Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma longipes Patterson, 1997 – Long-toed Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma maccanni (Hardy, 1977) – McCann's Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975) – MacGregor's Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma microlepis (Patterson and Daugherty, 1990) – Small-scaled Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma moco (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839)  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma newmani Wells and Wellington, 1985 – Newman's Speckled Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma nigriplantare (Peters, 1874)  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma northlandi (Worthy, 1991)  
                                        SpeciesOligosoma notosaurus (Patterson and Daugherty, 1990) – Southern Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma oliveri (McCann, 1955) – Marbled Skink, Oliver's New Zealand Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma ornatum (Gray, 1843) – Gray's Ornate Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma otagense (McCann, 1955) – Otago Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma pachysomaticum (Robb, 1975) – Coromandel Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma pikitanga Bell and Patterson, 2008 – Sinbad Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma polychroma (Patterson and Daugherty, 1990) – Southern Grass Skink, Common New Zealand Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma prasinum Melzer, Bell and Patterson, 2017 – Mackenzie Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma repens Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Daugherty and Patterson, 2011 – Eyres Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma robinsoni Wells and Wellington, 1985 – Crenulate Skink, Hokitika Skink, Cobble Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma roimata Patterson, Hitchmough and Chapple, 2013 – Aorangi Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma salmo Melzer, Hitchmough, Bell, Chapple and Patterson, 2019 – Kapitia Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma smithi (Gray, 1845) – Shore Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma stenotis (Patterson and Daugherty, 1994) – Small-eared Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma striatum (Buller, 1871) – Striped Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma suteri (Boulenger, 1906) – Suter's Skink, Egg-laying Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma taumakae Chapple and Patterson, 2007 – Taumaka Skink, Open Bay Islands Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma tekakahu Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Daugherty and Patterson, 2011 – Te Kakahu Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma toka Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Daugherty and Patterson, 2011 – Nevis Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma townsi (Chapple, Patterson, Gleeson, Daugherty and Ritchie, 2008) – Towns' Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma waimatense (McCann, 1955) – Scree Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma whitakeri (Hardy, 1977) – Whitaker's New Zealand Skink 
                                        SpeciesOligosoma zelandicum (Gray, 1843) – Brown Skink 
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Mar 2022), website (version Mar-2022)  
  Acquired: 2002   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2022) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 9 May 2022   
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