Oligosoma stenotis (PATTERSON & DAUGHERTY, 1994)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Small-eared skink
Synonym	Leiolopisma stenotis PATTERSON & DAUGHERTY 1994 Oligosoma stenotis — PATTERSON & DAUGHERTY 1995 Oligosoma stenotis — HICKSON et al. 2000 Oligosoma stenotis —HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016
Distribution	New Zealand (Steward Island) Type locality: Trig D, southern end of Tin Range, 167° 45’ E, 47° 08’ S, New Zealand.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: NMNZ R2361
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Comment	Rare, threatened, or endangered species.
Etymology	Named after Greek stenos = narrow; and otos = ear, referring to the very small ear opening, scarcely larger than a pinhead in some specimens.
References	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 Patterson, G.B. and Daugherty, C.H. 1994. Leiolopisma stenotis, n. sp., (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae) from Stewart Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24(1): 125-132. - 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 Titus, Daron 2022. Baseline lizard survey and lizard habitat identification on Mamaku Point Conservation Reserve Southern Institute of Technology, NZ - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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