Northland skink

Northland skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: O. northlandi
Binomial name
Oligosoma northlandi
(Worthy, 1991)
Synonyms

Cyclodina northlandi

The Northland skink, Oligosoma northlandi, was a species of skink which was endemic to the Northland Region of North Island, New Zealand. It is an extinct species known from late Holocene subfossil remains.[1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Uetz, P. "Species details : Oligosoma northlandi (Worthy, 1991)". Catalogue of Life. ITIS. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. Worthy, T.H. (December 1991). "Fossil skink bones from Northland, New Zealand, and description of a new species of Cyclodina, Scincidae". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 21 (4): 329–348. doi:10.1080/03036758.1991.10420831. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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