Oligosoma northlandi Worthy, 1991:332
Northland skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cyclodina northlandi Worthy, 1991:332
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: known only from sub-fossil remains
Some of the literature records collected by (Hardy, 1977; Bauer & Russell, 1987) of large lizards in Northland, North Island, may refer to O. northlandi (Worthy, 1991).
Distribution
Northland region, North Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: WO 332.1 (given on page 332 :) )
Type locality: "Otangaroa Station Cave, Northland, New Zealand" (Worthy, 1991:332)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Worthy, Trevor H. (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.
Other references:
Bauer, A. M. and Russell, A. P. (1987). Hoplodactylus delcourti (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) and the kawekaweau of Maori folklore Journal of Ethnobiology 7(1): 83-91.
Chapple, D. G., Ritchie, P. A. and Daugherty, C. H. (2009) Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 52: 470-487.
Hardy, Graham S. (1977). The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 221-325.
Hitchmough, R.; Anderson, P.; Barr, B.; Monks, J.; Lettink, M.; Reardon, J.; Tocher, M.; Whitaker, T. (2013).
Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 2. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 16 pp.
Hitchmough, R.; Barr, B.; Lettink,M.; Monks, J.; Reardon, J.; Tocher, M.; van Winkel, D.; Rolfe, J. (2016a). Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2015. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 17. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 14 pp.
Hitchmough, R. A., Hoare, J. M., Jamieson, H., Newman, D., Tocher, M. D., Anderson, P. J., Lettink, M. and Whitaker, A. H. (2010). Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2009. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 37(3): 203-224.
Hitchmough, R. A., Patterson, G. B. and Chapple, D. G. (2016b). Putting a name to diversity: taxonomy of the New Zealand lizard fauna. Chap. 4. In: Chapple DG (ed) New Zealand lizards. Springer, Cham.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Worthy, Trevor H. (2016). A Review of the Fossil Record of New Zealand Lizards, pp. 65-86. In: Chapple, David (ed.). New Zealand Lizards. Springer. XVI + 375 pp.
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