Oligosoma sp. nov. 'Cobble skink'
Cobble skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Oligosoma aff. infrapunctatum “cobble”
Conservation Status
Extinct in the Wild
Last record: 2016
Distribution & Habitat
Granity, South Island (west coast), New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Chapple, David G.; Hitchmough, Rod A. (2009). Taxonomic instability of reptiles and frogs in New Zealand: information to aid the use of Jewell (2008) for species identification. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36: 60-67.
Jewell, Tony (2008). A photographic guide to reptiles and amphibians of New Zealand (1st ed.). Auckland: New Holland. [p. 94]
Jewell, Tony (2011). A photographic guide to reptiles and amphibians of New Zealand (2nd ed.). Auckland: New Holland. [p. 94]
Hitchmough, Rod, Barr, Ben, Knox, Carey, Lettink, Marieke, Monks, Joanne M., Patterson, Geoff B., Reardon, James T., van Winkel, Dylan, Rolfe, Jeremy and Michel, Pascale. (2021/2024). Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2021. New Zealand threat classification series 35. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conversation. [addendum added in 2024]
Hitchmough, Rod, Barr, Ben, Knox, Carey, Lettink, Marieke, Monks, Joanne M., Patterson, Geoff B., Reardon, James T., van Winkel, Dylan, Makan, Troy and Michel, Pascale. (2026). Conservation status of reptiles in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2025. New Zealand threat classification series 50. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conversation.
Hitchmough, R., Barr, B., Lettink, M., Monks, J., Reardon, J., Tocher, M., van Winkel, D. and Rolfe, J. (2016). Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2015. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 17. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 14 pp.
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