Oligosoma carinacauda BELL & PATTERSON, 2024
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Oligosoma carinacauda
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Okuru skink |
| Synonym | Oligosoma carinacauda BELL & PATTERSON 2024 Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — HITCHMOUGH et al. 2010 Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — HITCHMOUGH et al. 2013 Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — LETTINK 2013 Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — CHAPPLE et al. 2016 Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — CHAPPLE & HITCHMOUGH 2016 Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016a Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru” — HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016b. Oligosoma “Okuru” — VAN WINKEL et al. 2018 Oligosoma “Okuru” — HITCHMOUGH et al. 2021a Oligosoma “Okuru” — PURDIE 2022 |
| Distribution | New Zealand Type locality: Mussel Point, Okuru, South Westland, New Zealand (-43.917777 168.878611) (Figs. 2, 3 in Bell & Patterson 2024). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: NMNZ RE005417, collected by Peter Philpott on 17 June 2000. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. A medium-sized Oligosoma (SVL 65 mm) with the unique combination of a keeled tail and 3 supraocular scales on each side. A keeled tail is shared only with O. stenotis (Patterson & Daugherty) (from Stewart Island) and with some O. inconspicuum (i.e. populations from North Fiordland and South Westland, but not those from Southland and Otago in which the tail is smooth), but both of these species consistently express four supraocular scales. (BELL & PATTERSON 2024) Additional details (2791 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin carina (‘keel’) and Latin cauda (‘tail’) in reference to the important diagnostic trait of a keeled tail. The established vernacular name “Okuru skink” refers to the location from which the holotype was collected. |
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