Macgregor's skink
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. macgregori |
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| Oligosoma macgregori (Robb, 1975) | |
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| Distribution of Macgregor's skink on a map of the North Island Known native range | |
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McGregor's skink (Oligosoma macgregori) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, macgregori, is in honor of New Zealand zoologist William Roy McGregor.[3]
Geographic range
In New Zealand, O. macgregori was previously found across the North Island. However, they have been heavily impacted by the introduction of rodents, and they are now found in 1% of their former range.[4] Relict populations are on the Cavalli Islands, on Mana Island (following a removal of all pest mammals), and in the North Island at the Hauraki Gulf.[2]
Description
O. macgregori is a medium-sized lizard species. Maximum recorded snout-vent length (SVL) is 112 mm (4.4 in).[2]
Reproduction
O. macgregori is viviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b Hitchmough, R. (2021). "Oligosoma macgregori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T6011A120190326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T6011A120190326.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Oligosoma macgregori at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclodina macgregori, p. 173).
- ^ "Oligosoma macgregori | NZHS". www.reptiles.org.nz. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
Further reading
- Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH (2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470–487. (Oligosoma macgregori, new combination).
- Hardy GS (1977). "The New Zealand Scincidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia); a taxonomic and zoogeographic study". New Zealand J. Zool. 4: 221–325. (Cyclodina macgregori, new combination, p. 272).
- Robb J (1975). "Two new skinks of the genus Leiolopisma from New Zealand". Proc. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenscappe 78 (5): 477–483. (Leiolopisma macgregori, new species, p. 480).
- van Winkel, Dylan; Baling, Marleen; Hitchmough, Rod (2019). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. 376 pp. ISBN 978-1869409371.
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