Macgregor's skink
McGregor's skink (Oligosoma macgregori ) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
| McGregor's skink | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. macgregori |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of New Zealand zoologist William Roy McGregor.[3]
Geographic range
In New Zealand O. macgregori is found on the Cavalli Islands, on Mana Island, and on North Island at the Hauraki Gulf.[1]
Description
O. macgregori is a medium-sized lizard species. Maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) is 112 mm (4.4 in).[1]
Reproduction
O. macgregori is viviparous.[1]
References
- Species Oligosoma macgregori at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). Oligosoma macgregori. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015-4 Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclodina macgregori, p. 173).
Further reading
- Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH (2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470–487. (Oligosoma macgregori, new combination).
- Hardy GS (1977). "The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study". New Zealand J. Zool. 4: 221–325. (Cyclodina macgregori, new combination, p. 272).
- Robb J (1975). "Two new skinks of the genus Leiolopisma from New Zealand". Proc. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenscappe 78 (5): 477–483. (Leiolopisma macgregori, new species, p. 480).
- van Winkel, Dylan; Baling, Marleen; Hitchmough, Rod (2019). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. 376 pp. ISBN 978-1869409371.
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