Cryptic skink
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| Cryptic skink | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. inconspicuum
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma inconspicuum (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)[2]
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The cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand.[4]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the cryptic skink as At Risk under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. It was judged as meeting the criteria for At Risk threat status as a result of it having a low to high ongoing or predicted decline.[4]
References
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External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Oligosoma inconspicuum.
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- Holotype specimen of Oligosoma inconspicuum held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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