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Oligosoma grande (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Grand Skink 
SynonymMocoa grandis GRAY 1845: 272
Mocoa grandis — BULLER 1870: 6
Mocoa laxa HUTTON 1872
Lygosoma grande — BOULENGER 1887: 271
Leiolopisma grande — MITTLEMAN 1952
Leiolopisma grande grande — MCCANN 1955
Leiolopisma grande — GREER 1974: 16
Leiolopisma grande — HENLE 1981
Girardiscincus grande — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985
Oligosoma grande — PATTERSON & DAUGHERTY 1995
Oligosoma grande — HICKSON et al. 2000
Oligosoma grande —HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016 
DistributionNew Zealand (Otago)

Type locality: “South Island, New Zealand”, Earl.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH RR 1946.8.17.84 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1369 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentRare, threatened, or endangered species. 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Buller, W. 1871. A list of the lizards inhabiting New Zealand, with descriptions. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 3 [1870]:4-11 - get paper here
  • Cooper Jr., W.E. 2005. Duration of movement as a lizard foraging movement variable. Herpetologica 61 (4): 363-372 - 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
  • Eifler, D.A. & M.A. Eifler 1999. Foraging Behavior and Spacing Patterns of the Lizard Oligosoma grande Journal of Herpetology 33 (4): 632-639. - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - 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
  • Greer, A.E. and T.H. Whitaker 2002. The relationship between mass and snout-vent length in the New Zealand tor- inhabiting skink Oligosoma grande. Herpetological Review 33 (3):170-171 - 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
  • Molinia, Frank C.; Trent Bell, Grant Norbury, Alison Cree, and Dianne M. Gleeson 2010. Assisted breeding of skinks or how to teach a lizard old tricks!. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (2) - 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
  • Stanley, Margaret C. 1998. Homing in the skink, Oligosoma grande, within a fragmented habitat. Journal of Herpetology 32 (3): 461-464 - get paper here
  • Winkel, D. van, Baling, M. & Hitchmough, R. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland University Press, Auckland, 376 pp.
 
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