Oligosoma inconspicuum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Oligosoma inconspicuum (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)

Holotype: NMNZ R2079 (ex FT2069), collected by C. Daugherty and R. Marquand in November 1988.
Type locality: “Tree Island, Lake Wakatipu, latitude 44°55'S, longitude 168°25'E”.

Leiolopisma inconspicuum Patterson & Daugherty, 1990: 66 [original combination]
Oligosoma inconspicuum — Patterson & Daugherty, 1995 [subsequent combination]

Patterson, G.B. & Daugherty, C.H. 1990. Four new species and one new subspecies of skinks, genus Leiolopisma (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 20(1): 65–84. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1990.10426733 Reference page.

Chapple, D.G., Bell, T.P., Chapple, S.N.J., Daugherty, C.H. & Patterson, G.B. 2011. Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of the New Zealand cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex. Zootaxa 2782(1): 1–33. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2782.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

Hitchmough, R., van Winkel, D., Lettink, M. & Chapple, D. 2019. IUCN: Oligosoma inconspicuum (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T120189469A120192599. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120189469A120192599.en. Accessed on 09 March 2026.