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Oligosoma levidensum (CHAPPLE, PATTERSON, BELL & DAUGHERTY, 2008)

IUCN Red List - Oligosoma levidensum - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Slight Skink 
SynonymCyclodina levidensa CHAPPLE, PATTERSON, BELL & DAUGHERTY 2008
Cyclodina sp. 1 — JEWELL 2008
Oligosoma levidensa — CHAPPLE et al. 2009
Oligosoma levidensum — HEDGES 2014 
DistributionNew Zealand (Northland)

Type locality: Radar Bush, Te Paki, Northland (34°289S, 172°459E).  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMNZ RE5768 (collected by O. Ball, November 2006). Adult female. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The scale count ranges are gener- ally lower for C. levidensa than for C. aenea, although the nuchal count is higher. In partic- ular, the midbody scale count range (24–26) is lower than for all other Cyclodina species, except C. aenea (26–32). Cyclodina levidensa is difficult to distinguish morphologically from C. aenea, which is probably why it had not been recognized until now. The main distinguishing feature is the slighter overall body form of C. levidensa compared to C. aenea (Fig. 2D in CHAPPLE et al. 2008). The limbs of C. levidensa are reduced compared to C. aenea and C. hardyi. 
Comment 
References
  • Chapple, D.G.; Patterson, G.B.; Bell, T.; Daugherty, C.H. 2008. Taxonomic Revision of the New Zealand Copper Skink (Cyclodina aenea: Squamata: Scincidae) Species Complex, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Journal of Herpetology 42 (3): 437–452 - get paper here
  • Chapple, David G.; Peter A. Ritchie, Charles H. Daugherty 2009. Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470-487 - get paper here
  • Hedges, S.B. 2014. The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha). Zootaxa 3765 (4): 317–338 - 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
  • Jewell, Tony 2008. A Photographic Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand [with corrections and comments in Chapple & Hitchmough 2009]. New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd,Auckland, 143 pp.
  • 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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