Small-eared skink
Species of lizard
| Small-eared skink | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. stenotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma stenotis (Patterson & Daugherty 1994) | |
The small-eared skink (Oligosoma stenotis) is found only on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It was first described in 1994 by Geoff Patterson and Charles Daugherty.[1] It is a moderately small (80 mm snout to vent) skink, that lives in one of the most inhospitable (to lizards) environments on earth.
References
- ^ (Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24: 125 – 132)
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