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Eyres skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species:
O. repens
Binomial name
Oligosoma repens
Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Patterson & Daugherty, 2011

The Eyres skink (Oligosoma repens) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand.[2] It is named in honour of the location of its habitat, the Eyre Mountains.[3]

Conservation status

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the Eyres skink as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hitchmough, R.; Chapple, D.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M. (2019). "Oligosoma repens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T120190052A120192664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120190052A120192664.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony. "Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012" (PDF). Department of Conservation. The Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Oligosoma repens Eyres skink". New Zealand Lizards database. Landcare Research. Retrieved 19 July 2015.