- Animals
- ›Chordates
- ›Vertebrates
- ›Reptiles
- ›Snakes and Lizards
- ›Lizards
- ›Skinks and allies
- ›Skinks
- ›Eugongyline skinks
New Zealand skinks
Oligosoma
Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Oligosoma had previously been found to belong to the Eugongylus group of genera in the subfamily Lygosominae; the Australian genus Bassiana appears to be fairly closely related.
56 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 55 known species
New Zealand Grass Skink
speciesOligosoma polychroma
McCann’s Skink
speciesOligosoma maccanni
Copper Skink
speciesOligosoma aeneum
Northern Spotted Skink
speciesOligosoma kokowai
Ornate Skink
speciesOligosoma ornatum
Shore Skink
speciesOligosoma smithi
Otago Skink
speciesOligosoma otagense
Glossy Brown Skink
speciesOligosoma zelandicum
Moko Skink
speciesOligosoma moco
Cryptic Skink
speciesOligosoma inconspicuum
Green Skink
speciesOligosoma chloronoton
Newman's Speckled Skink
speciesOligosoma newmani
Eyres skink
speciesOligosoma repens
Egg-laying Skink
speciesOligosoma suteri
Chathams Skink
speciesOligosoma nigriplantare
McGregor's Skink
speciesOligosoma macgregori
Grand Skink
speciesOligosoma grande
Canterbury Spotted Skink
speciesOligosoma lineoocellatum
Chevron Skink
speciesOligosoma homalonotum
Nevis skink
speciesOligosoma toka
Scree Skink
speciesOligosoma waimatense
Southern Skink
speciesOligosoma notosaurus
Small-scaled Skink
speciesOligosoma microlepis
Crenulate Skink
speciesOligosoma robinsoni
Long-toed skink
speciesOligosoma longipes
Small-eared skink
speciesOligosoma stenotis
Marbled Skink
speciesOligosoma oliveri
Kahurangi Skink
speciesOligosoma kahurangi
Falla's Skink
speciesOligosoma fallai
Burgan skink
speciesOligosoma burganae
Barrier skink
speciesOligosoma judgei
Hawke's Bay Skink
speciesOligosoma auroraense
Hauraki Skink
speciesOligosoma townsi
Kakerakau Skink
speciesOligosoma kakerakau
Mackenzie Skink
speciesOligosoma prasinum
Rockhopper Skink
speciesOligosoma eludens
Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Skink
speciesOligosoma lichenigerum
Awakopaka Skink
speciesOligosoma awakopaka
Speckled Skink
speciesOligosoma infrapunctatum
Slight Skink
speciesOligosoma levidensum
Hardy’s Skink
speciesOligosoma hardyi
Whitaker's Skink
speciesOligosoma whitakeri
Fiordland Skink
speciesOligosoma acrinasum
White-bellied Skink
speciesOligosoma hoparatea
Sinbad skink
speciesOligosoma pikitanga
Coromandel Skink
speciesOligosoma pachysomaticum
Robust Skink
speciesOligosoma alani
Marlborough Spotted Skink
speciesOligosoma elium
Te Kakahu skink
speciesOligosoma tekakahu
Mataura Skink
speciesOligosoma aureocola
Striped Skink
speciesOligosoma striatum
Alborn Skink
speciesOligosoma albornense
Chesterfield Skink
speciesOligosoma salmo
Aorangi Skink
speciesOligosoma roimata
Open Bay Islands skink
speciesOligosoma taumakae
Northland Skink
speciesOligosoma northlandi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Oligosoma in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37854.