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Oligosoma macgregori (ROBB, 1975)

IUCN Red List - Oligosoma macgregori - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: MacGregor's Skink 
SynonymLeiolopisma macgregori ROBB 1975
Cyclodina macgregori — HARDY 1977
Cyclodina macgregori — HICKSON et al. 2000
Oligosoma macgregori — CHAPPLE et al. 2009
Oligosoma mcgregori — PURDIE 2022 (in error) 
DistributionNew Zealand (North Island, Hauraki Gulf, Cavalli Island, Mana Island)

Type locality: Sail Rock, Hauraki Gulf.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: AIM LH558 (given as AUZ 72 (University of Auckland, Department of Zoology collection) 
Diagnosis 
CommentConservation: Rare, threatened, or endangered species. 
EtymologyLeiolopisma macgregori was named for William Roy McGregor (8. vii.1894–1977.vi.1), the inaugural lecturer in charge of the Zoology Department at the University of Auckland and Joan Robb’s mentor. See Shea 2016: 48 for more biographical details. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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, D.G.; Patterson, G.B.; Gleeson, D.M.; Daugherty, C.H. & Ritchie, P.A. 2008. Taxonomic revision of the marbled skink (Cyclodina oliveri, Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex, with a description of a new species. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 35: 129-146 - 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
  • Hardy, G. 1977. The New Zealand Scincidae: a taxonomic study. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 221-325 - 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
  • Purdie, Samuel 2022. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles & Amphibians of New Zealand. John Beaufoy Publishing Limited, Oxford, UK, 176 pp., ISBN: 978-1-913679-31-6 [review in HR 54 (1): 147] - get paper here
  • Robb, J. 1975. Two new skinks of the genus Leiolopisma from New Zealand. Proc. K. ned. Akad. Wet. (biol. med. Sci.) 78 (5): 477-483
  • Shea, Glenn M. 2016. History of Discovery of the New Zealand Lizard Fauna. in: Chapple, D.G. (ed). New Zealand Lizards. Springer, pp. 13-64 - 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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