Oligosoma repens

Oligosoma repens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: Oligosoma repens

Name

Oligosoma repens Bell, Chapple, Daugherty & Patterson, 2011: 25

• Holotype: MONZ RE007279, adult ♂, collected by T. Bell in 2009.
• Type locality: “Mt Nicholas Road, Eyre Mountains, (45°15’S, 168°18’E)”.

Native distribution areas

• New Zealand: Otago: Eyre and Hector Mountains, and Murchison Mountains.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Hitchmough, R., Chapple, D., van Winkel, D. & Lettink, M. 2019. IUCN: Oligosoma repens  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T120190052A120192664. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120190052A120192664.en. Accessed on 14 December 2025.