Oligosoma fallai (MCCANN, 1955)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Leiolopisma fallai MCCANN 1955 Leiolopisma fallai — GREER 1974: 16 Lygosomella fallai — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Oligosoma fallai — PATTERSON & DAUGHERTY 1995 Oligosoma fallai — HICKSON et al. 2000 Oligosoma fallai —HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016
Distribution	Three Kings Island (off New Zealand) Type locality: Great Island, Three Kings group.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Syntypes: NMNZ R151-152
Diagnosis
Comment	Rare, threatened, or endangered species.
References	BELL, TRENT & AYLA WILES 2015. Describing lizard and frog distribution and species assemblages using the Ecological Districts framework. BioGecko (3): 19-35 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Cree, Alison and Kelly M. Hare 2016. Reproduction and Life History of New Zealand Lizards. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 169-206 - get paper here Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 1-67. - get paper here Hardy, G. 1977. The New Zealand Scincidae: a taxonomic study. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 221-325 - get paper here Henle, K. 1981. Die Herpetofauna Neuseelands, Teil 3: Einheimische Skinke. Herpetofauna 3 (14): 14-18 - get paper here HICKSON, Robert E.; KERRYN E. SLACK AND PETER LOCKHART 2000. Phylogeny recapitulates geography, or why New Zealand has so many species of skinks. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 415–433 - get paper here Hitchmough, Rodney A.; Geoffrey B. Patterson, and David G. Chapple 2016. Putting a Name to Diversity: Taxonomy of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 87-108 - get paper here McCann, C. 1955. The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1—127. [also as SSAR reprint 2020] - get paper here Patterson, G.B.; Daugherty, C.H. 1995. Reinstatement of the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae). J. Royal Soc. New Zealand 25 (3): 327-331 - get paper here Shea, Glenn M. 2016. History of Discovery of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 13-64 - get paper here Wahle, A., Rödder, D., Chapple, D. G., Meiri, S., Rauhaus, A., & Ziegler, T. 2021. Skinks in Zoos: A global approach on distribution patterns of threatened Scincidae in zoological institutions. Global Ecology and Conservation, e01800 Winkel, D. van, Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information https://www.samuelpurdiewildlife.com/New-Zealand-Reptiles-Amphibians… http://www.ryanphotographic.com/scincidae.htm#fallai Google images

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