Macgregor's_skink

Macgregor's skink

Macgregor's skink

Species of lizard

McGregor's skink (Oligosoma macgregori) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

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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 in the North Island at the Hauraki Gulf.[2]

Description

O. macgregori is a medium-sized lizard species. Maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) is 112 mm (4.4 in).[2]

Reproduction

O. macgregori is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Hitchmough, R. (2021). "Oligosoma macgregori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T6011A120190326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T6011A120190326.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Species Oligosoma macgregori at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. [3]
    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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