Small-Scaled Skink

Small-Scaled Skink
Small-scaled skink
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: O. microlepis
Binomial name
Oligosoma microlepis
Patterson & Daugherty, 1990

The small-scaled skink, Oligosoma microlepis, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Oligosoma microlepis Patterson & Daugherty, 1990; holotype". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=256876. Retrieved 17 July 2010.