Oligosoma infrapunctatum (Boulenger, 1887)
Speckled skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: pre-1888 (Melzer et al., 2019)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Boulenger, G. A. (1887). Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 3. Taylor and Francis, London. 575 pp.
Other references:
Hitchmough, R. 2021. Oligosoma infrapunctatum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T156731593A120191280. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T156731593A120191280.en. Accessed on 30 July 2022.
Melzer, Sabine et al. (2019). Lost and Found: Taxonomic revision of the speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum; Reptilia; Scincidae) species complex from New Zealand reveals a potential cryptic extinction, resurrection of two species, and description of three new species. Zootaxa 4623(3): 441-484. [Abstract]
Wahle, Anna et al. (2021). Skinks in Zoos: A global approach on distribution patterns of threatened Scincidae in zoological institutions. Global Ecology and Conservation 30: e01800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01800 [modern captive record; probably a misidentification]