Oligosoma striatum (BULLER, 1871)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Striped Skink
Synonym	Mocoa striata BULLER 1871: 6 Leiolopisma latilineatum MCCANN 1955 Leiolopisma latilinearum — ROBB 1974 Leiolopisma latilineatum — GREER 1974: 17 Leiolopisma striatum — HARDY 1977 Leiolopisma striatum — HENLE 1981 Oligosoma striatum — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985 Oligosoma striatum — PATTERSON & DAUGHERTY 1995 Oligosoma striatum —HITCHMOUGH et al. 2016
Distribution	New Zealand, North Island (Taranaki, King Country, Rotorua) Type locality: “forests north of Auckland” ? [New Zealand]
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Neotype: WRM 60/366 (= the holotype of Leiolopisma latilinearum), designated by HARDY 1977. Holotype originally lodged in Colonial Museum, Wellington, fide Hutton, 1872; now lost.
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Comment	In the original description no type specimen or type locality is mentioned.
Etymology	Named after Latin stria = groove, often for stripe or line.
References	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 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 HERBERT, SARAH; JUDY GILBERT & TRENT BELL 2015. Striped skinks incidentally recorded under closed-cell foam covers at Windy Hill, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. BioGecko (3): 14-18 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.; Daugherty, C.H. 1995. Reinstatement of the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae). J. Royal Soc. New Zealand 25 (3): 327-331 - 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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