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<document id="CC11B459C6CE310549D9D611A844B336" ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3736.1.2" ID-GBIF-Dataset="dac22221-f070-4e2b-826b-7cd1e322fa3d" ID-ISSN="1175-5326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="222434" ID-ZooBank="B7D72CD9-BE5D-4603-8BC0-C9FA557C7BEE" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1460697312716" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Patterson, Geoff B., Hitchmough, Rod A. &amp; Chapple, David G." docDate="2013" docId="03F5B246FFE6FFC8D3A375744BBEFA7E" docLanguage="en" docName="zt03736p068.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3736 (1)" docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="9" docTitle="Oligosoma roimata Patterson, Hitchmough &amp; Chapple, 2013, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="13F2C7F9-0D56-4B72-ABEE-48CFE9C0652D" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="10" masterDocId="FFCCCA3EFFE1FFC2D334741B4A5BFF99" masterDocTitle="Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand" updateTime="1698353951195" updateUser="plazi">
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<mods:title id="FC0D0DD4D1941F70609F7CA8EE425121">Taxonomic revision of the ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex from northern New Zealand</mods:title>
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<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A375744BB8FE13" bold="true" box="[151,483,367,394]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D3A375744B25FE10" box="[151,382,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A375744B25FE10" bold="true" box="[151,382,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma roimata</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D2B2756B4BB8FE13" box="[390,483,368,394]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation id="13671FD5FFE6FFC5D3A375894AADFE32" box="[151,246,402,427]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,250,986,1008]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,951]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,964]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Aorangi skink (O. roimata sp. nov.) holotype (RE 001626 # 32)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/222437/files/figure.png" pageId="7">Figure 3</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3A375C148D8FD96" blockId="7.[151,902,474,589]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D3A375C1483DFE69" authority="McCann 1955" authorityName="McCann" authorityYear="1955" box="[151,614,474,496]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Sphenomorphus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pseudornatus">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A375C14B93FE69" box="[151,456,474,496]" italics="true" pageId="7">Sphenomorphus pseudornatus</emphasis>
: McCann 1955
</taxonomicName>
(in part): 76-7, 110-11, 125.
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D3A375E24B94FD96" authority="Hardy 1977" authorityName="Hardy" authorityYear="1977" box="[151,463,505,527]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornata">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A375E24B12FD96" box="[151,329,505,527]" italics="true" pageId="7">Cyclodina ornata</emphasis>
: Hardy 1977
</taxonomicName>
(in part): 261-64.
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<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D3A376034AA4FDB7" box="[151,255,536,558]" class="Squamata" family="Scincidae" genus="Cyclodina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A376034AA4FDB7" box="[151,255,536,558]" italics="true" pageId="7">Cyclodina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. 3: Jewell 2008: 112.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3A3762D48A0FDD5" blockId="7.[151,902,474,589]" box="[151,763,566,589]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D3A3762D486DFDD5" authority="Chapple et al. 2009" authorityName="Chapple et al." authorityYear="2009" box="[151,566,566,589]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A3762D4B39FDD4" box="[151,354,566,589]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma ornatum</emphasis>
: Chapple
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2FE76234BACFDD5" box="[458,503,566,589]" italics="true" pageId="7">et al</emphasis>
. 2009
</taxonomicName>
(in part): 472, 485.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34650DBFFE6FFC5D3A376624A84FCDF" pageId="7" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3A376624876FD2F" blockId="7.[151,1437,633,2026]" pageId="7">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A376624B50FD0B" bold="true" box="[151,267,633,658]" pageId="7">
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFE6FFC5D3A376624B5DFD0B" box="[151,262,633,658]" pageId="7" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
Aorangi Island, Poor Knights (
<geoCoordinate id="EE686597FFE6FFC5D14B766248BDFD0B" box="[639,742,633,658]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" precision="925" value="-35.466667">35º 28’S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE686597FFE6FFC5D1C376614935FD0B" box="[759,878,634,658]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" precision="925" value="174.73334">174º 44’E</geoCoordinate>
), NMNZ RE001626#32 (adult male) (coll. G.S. Hardy,
<date id="FFE22590FFE6FFC5D3DD76864BF9FD2F" box="[233,418,669,694]" pageId="7" value="1973-11">November 1973</date>
). (
<figureCitation id="13671FD5FFE6FFC5D28976864844FD2F" box="[445,543,669,694]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="8.[151,250,986,1008]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,951]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,964]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 3. Aorangi skink (O. roimata sp. nov.) holotype (RE 001626 # 32)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/222437/files/figure.png" pageId="7">Figure 3</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3F376DA4A84FCDF" blockId="7.[151,1437,633,2026]" pageId="7">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3F376DA4BACFD43" bold="true" box="[199,503,705,730]" pageId="7">
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFE6FFC5D3F376DA4B64FD43" box="[199,319,705,730]" pageId="7" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
(
<specimenCount id="9D5AC8D9FFE6FFC5D26776DA4BB0FD43" box="[339,491,705,730]" pageId="7" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
).
</emphasis>
Aorangi Island, Poor Knights (
<geoCoordinate id="EE686597FFE6FFC5D04476DA4982FD43" box="[880,985,705,730]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" precision="925" value="-35.466667">35º 28’S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE686597FFE6FFC5D0DE76D94E39FD43" box="[1002,1122,706,730]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" precision="925" value="174.73334">174º 44’E</geoCoordinate>
), NMNZ RE003723 (S78) (male) (coll. Coll. A.H. Whitaker,
<date id="FFE22590FFE6FFC5D11476FE4883FD67" box="[544,728,741,766]" pageId="7" value="1964-12">December 1964</date>
); Aorangi Island, Poor Knights (
<geoCoordinate id="EE686597FFE6FFC5D77876FE4EEAFD67" box="[1100,1201,741,766]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="7" precision="925" value="-35.466667">35º 28’S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="EE686597FFE6FFC5D78B76FD4F6FFD67" box="[1215,1332,742,766]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="7" precision="925" value="174.73334">174º 44’E</geoCoordinate>
), NMNZ RE001626#29 (female), NMNZ RE001626#30 (male), NMNZ RE001626#31 (male) (coll. G.S. Hardy,
<date id="FFE22590FFE6FFC5D61277124A88FCDF" pageId="7" value="1973-11">November 1973</date>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34650DBFFE6FFC5D3F3774A4F40FA33" pageId="7" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3F3774A4B0DFBFC" blockId="7.[151,1437,633,2026]" pageId="7">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3F3774A4B1AFCF3" bold="true" box="[199,321,849,874]" pageId="7">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D264774A486AFCF0" box="[336,561,849,874]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D264774A486AFCF0" box="[336,561,849,874]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D174774A48FAFCF3" bold="true" box="[576,673,849,874]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D174774A48FAFCF3" box="[576,673,849,874]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be distinguished from other
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D774774A4EE0FCF3" box="[1088,1211,849,874]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D774774A4EE0FCF3" box="[1088,1211,849,874]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species through a combination of characters. The clearly visible orange iris separates the species from all other
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D79A776E4F72FC17" box="[1198,1321,885,910]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D79A776E4F72FC17" box="[1198,1321,885,910]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D6B5776D4AB5FC28" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aeneum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D6B5776D4AB5FC28" italics="true" pageId="7">O. aeneum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D23177814BF4FC2B" box="[261,431,921,946]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levidensum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D23177814BF4FC2B" box="[261,431,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. levidensum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D2F377814860FC2B" box="[455,571,921,946]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hardyi">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2F377814860FC2B" box="[455,571,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. hardyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D16777814893FC28" box="[595,712,922,945]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="townsi">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D16777814893FC28" box="[595,712,922,945]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. townsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D1D47781490EFC2B" box="[736,853,921,946]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D1D47781490EFC2B" box="[736,853,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. oliveri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D05977814E40FC28" box="[877,1051,922,945]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macgregori">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D05977814E40FC28" box="[877,1051,922,945]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. macgregori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D70677814E93FC2B" box="[1074,1224,921,946]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitakeri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D70677814E93FC2B" box="[1074,1224,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D7D477814F32FC28" box="[1248,1385,922,945]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="striatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D7D477814F32FC28" box="[1248,1385,922,945]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. striatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D6B577814B6AFC4F" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homalonotum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D6B577814B6AFC4F" italics="true" pageId="7">O. homalonotum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D25A77A54BABFC4C" box="[366,496,958,981]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D25A77A54BABFC4C" box="[366,496,958,981]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The unbroken subocular scale row separates
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D0C177A54E2BFC4C" box="[1013,1136,958,981]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D0C177A54E2BFC4C" box="[1013,1136,958,981]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D74377A64E8BFC4F" bold="true" box="[1143,1232,957,982]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D74377A64E8BFC4F" box="[1143,1232,957,982]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D62177A54FCEFC4C" box="[1301,1429,958,981]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="striatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D62177A54FCEFC4C" box="[1301,1429,958,981]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. striatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D3A377F94B0FFC63" box="[151,340,993,1018]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="homalonotum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3A377F94B0FFC63" box="[151,340,993,1018]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. homalonotum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.and
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2BF77F94885FC60" box="[395,734,993,1018]" italics="true" pageId="7">
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D2BF77F94BA2FC63" box="[395,505,993,1018]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hardyi">O. hardyi</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D13077FA4885FC60" box="[516,734,993,1018]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">Oligosoma roimata</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D1D277FA491BFC63" bold="true" box="[742,832,993,1018]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D1D277FA491BFC63" box="[742,832,993,1018]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has a prominent teardrop marking under the eye, and a moderately large ear opening, which separates it from
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D02C701D49C9FB84" box="[792,914,1030,1053]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aeneum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D02C701D49C9FB84" box="[792,914,1030,1053]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. aeneum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D095701D4E18FB87" box="[929,1091,1029,1054]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="levidensum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D095701D4E18FB87" box="[929,1091,1029,1054]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. levidensum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D748701D4EBCFB87" box="[1148,1255,1029,1054]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hardyi">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D748701D4EBCFB87" box="[1148,1255,1029,1054]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. hardyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which lack this marking and have small ear openings.
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D1637032497EFBD8" box="[599,805,1065,1090]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="townsi">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D1637032497EFBD8" box="[599,805,1065,1090]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma townsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
midbody scale count of ≥38 does not overlap with
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D6B570314AB4FBFC" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D6B570314AB4FBFC" italics="true" pageId="7">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3C170564B14FBFF" bold="true" box="[245,335,1101,1126]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D3C170564B14FBFF" box="[245,335,1101,1126]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3F3706A4F40FA33" blockId="7.[151,1437,633,2026]" pageId="7">
The maximum SVL of
<quantity id="4CA4AEB5FFE6FFC5D2E9706A486AFB10" box="[477,561,1137,1162]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.2" pageId="7" unit="mm" value="62.0">62 mm</quantity>
(Whitaker 1968) is much less than that of
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D70270694EFDFB13" box="[1078,1190,1137,1162]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D70270694EFDFB13" box="[1078,1190,1137,1162]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. oliveri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<quantity id="4CA4AEB5FFE6FFC5D78D706A4F6FFB13" box="[1209,1332,1137,1162]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0559999999999998" pageId="7" unit="mm" value="105.6">105.6 mm</quantity>
), the ear opening is smaller than in
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D2FE708D4863FB37" box="[458,568,1173,1198]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2FE708D4863FB37" box="[458,568,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. oliveri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and most
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D186708D497BFB37" box="[690,800,1173,1198]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D186708D497BFB37" box="[690,800,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. oliveri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens have two primary temporals (Chapple
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D656708D4FC7FB37" box="[1378,1436,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="7">et al.</emphasis>
2008a), whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D26170A14B94FB48" box="[341,463,1210,1233]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D26170A14B94FB48" box="[341,463,1210,1233]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D2E170A24875FB4B" box="[469,558,1209,1234]" pageId="7" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2E170A24875FB4B" bold="true" box="[469,558,1209,1234]" pageId="7">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
always has one. There is minimal overlap between
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D74570A14EB0FB48" box="[1137,1259,1210,1233]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D74570A14EB0FB48" box="[1137,1259,1210,1233]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D7C570A24F10FB4B" bold="true" box="[1265,1355,1209,1234]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D7C570A24F10FB4B" box="[1265,1355,1209,1234]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D6B570A14B5AFB6F" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitakeri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D6B570A14B5AFB6F" italics="true" pageId="7">O. whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in midbody and no overlap in ventral scale counts with
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D0A870C54E77FB6F" box="[924,1068,1245,1270]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitakeri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D0A870C54E77FB6F" box="[924,1068,1245,1270]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
having a higher range for both indices (Hardy 1977).
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D2A2711A482AFA80" box="[406,625,1281,1306]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2A2711A482AFA80" box="[406,625,1281,1306]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D14D711A488FFA83" bold="true" box="[633,724,1281,1306]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D14D711A488FFA83" box="[633,724,1281,1306]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
lacks the yellow and orange colouration of many
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D63B71194FC7FA83" box="[1295,1436,1281,1306]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitakeri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D63B71194FC7FA83" box="[1295,1436,1281,1306]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens (Hardy 1977).
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D2F5713E48EBFAA7" box="[449,688,1317,1342]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitakeri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D2F5713E48EBFAA7" box="[449,688,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="7">Oligosoma whitakeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
generally has dark blotches on the ventral surface, whereas it is unmarked or lightly marked in
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D13C715148DDFAF8" box="[520,646,1354,1377]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D13C715148DDFAF8" box="[520,646,1354,1377]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D1A4715248B5FAFB" bold="true" box="[656,750,1353,1378]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D1A4715248B5FAFB" box="[656,750,1353,1378]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. Colour pattern distinguishes
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D77A71514E97FAF8" box="[1102,1228,1354,1377]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D77A71514E97FAF8" box="[1102,1228,1354,1377]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D7E371524F6EFAFB" bold="true" box="[1239,1333,1353,1378]" pageId="7">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE6FFC5D7E371524F6EFAFB" box="[1239,1333,1353,1378]" pageId="7" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
from
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D6B571514B42FA1C" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macgregori">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D6B571514B42FA1C" italics="true" pageId="7">O. macgregori</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and there is no overlap in midbody or ventral scale counts between these two species. The ear opening is slightly smaller than in
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D28D71894861FA30" box="[441,570,1426,1449]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D28D71894861FA30" box="[441,570,1426,1449]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the maximum SVL is much less than
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE6FFC5D72171894ECDFA30" box="[1045,1174,1426,1449]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D72171894ECDFA30" box="[1045,1174,1426,1449]" italics="true" pageId="7">O. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(84.0 mm).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34650DBFFE6FFC8D3F371AE4960FD69" lastPageId="10" pageId="7" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3F371AE4F19F83B" blockId="7.[151,1437,633,2026]" pageId="7">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE6FFC5D3F371AE4BA6FA57" bold="true" box="[199,509,1461,1486]" pageId="7">
Description of
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFE6FFC5D2BD71AE4BA3FA57" box="[393,504,1461,1486]" pageId="7" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
Body elongate, squarish in cross-section; limbs moderately well-developed, pentadactyl. Lower eyelid with a large, sometimes divided opaque central scale, bordered anteriorly and posteriorly by relatively large scales. Snout moderately blunt. Nostril centred just below middle of nasal, not touching bottom edge of nasal. Supranasals absent. Rostral broader than deep. Frontonasal broader than long, not separated from frontal by prefrontals meeting in midline. Frontal longer than broad, shorter than frontoparietal and interparietal together, in contact with 2 anteriormost supraoculars. Supraoculars 4, the second largest. Preoculars 2, the upper one larger. Frontoparietals distinct, larger than interparietal. A pair of parietals meeting behind interparietal and bordered posteriorly by a pair each of nuchals and temporals, also in contact with interparietal, frontoparietal, fourth supraocular and 2 postoculars. Loreals 2, similar size; anterior loreal in contact with first and second supralabial, posterior loreal, prefrontal, frontonasal and nasal; posterior loreal in contact with second and third supralabial, first subocular, upper and lower preocular, prefrontal and anterior loreal. Supralabials 7, the sixth largest. Infralabials 6, several of them equal in size; fifth supralabial below centre of eye. Mental broader but shallower than rostral. Suboculars series continuous. Postmental larger than mental. Chinshields 3 pairs. One primary temporal. Dorsal scales largest, weakly striate. Ventral scales smooth. Subdigital lamellae smooth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE6FFC5D3F373B54F2EF873" blockId="7.[151,1437,633,2026]" pageId="7">Ear opening round, moderately large, with no projecting granules. Forelimbs shorter than hindlimbs. Adpressed limbs almost meeting in adult. Digits short, sub-cylindrical. Third front digit shorter than the fourth.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE9FFCAD3A377C149CEFC69" blockId="8.[151,917,986,1008]" box="[151,917,986,1008]" pageId="8">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE9FFCAD3A377C14B48FC76" bold="true" box="[151,275,986,1008]" pageId="8">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Aorangi skink (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE9FFCAD28C77C1487DFC69" box="[440,550,986,1008]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE9FFCAD28C77C1487DFC69" box="[440,550,986,1008]" italics="true" pageId="8">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE9FFCAD11877C14826FC76" bold="true" box="[556,637,986,1007]" pageId="8">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE9FFCAD11877C14826FC76" box="[556,637,986,1007]" pageId="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) holotype (RE001626#32).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF2353D8FFE9FFCAD3A373964E43F83B" box="[151,1048,1932,1955]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/222438/files/figure.png" pageId="8" targetBox="[151,1436,1057,1911]" targetPageId="8">
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE9FFCAD3A373964E43F83B" blockId="8.[151,1048,1932,1955]" box="[151,1048,1932,1955]" pageId="8">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE9FFCAD3A373964B48F83B" bold="true" box="[151,275,1933,1955]" pageId="8">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Aorangi skink (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE9FFCAD28C7396487DF83A" box="[440,550,1933,1955]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE9FFCAD28C7396487DF83A" box="[440,550,1933,1955]" italics="true" pageId="8">O. roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE9FFCAD11873964826F83B" bold="true" box="[556,637,1933,1954]" pageId="8">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFE9FFCAD11873964826F83B" box="[556,637,1933,1954]" pageId="8" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) in habitat. Photograph: Colin Miskelly.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF2353D8FFE8FFCBD3A373BA49E1F843" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/222439/files/figure.png" pageId="9" targetBox="[195,1387,207,1908]" targetPageId="9">
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFE8FFCBD3A373BA49E1F843" blockId="9.[151,1436,1953,2010]" pageId="9">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE8FFCBD3A373BA4B4FF82E" bold="true" box="[151,276,1953,1975]" pageId="9">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFE8FFCBD22F73B94BCAF82E" box="[283,401,1954,1975]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="9" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ornatum">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFE8FFCBD22F73B94BCAF82E" box="[283,401,1954,1975]" italics="true" pageId="9">O. ornatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
displays a variety of colouration and body shape ranging from the Three Kings (A) to Wellington in the lower North Island (B). Photographs: (A) Rod Morris; (B) Richard Romijn.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F3748C4E32FE84" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3F3748C4FC7FF29" bold="true" box="[199,1436,151,176]" pageId="10">
Measurements (in Millimeters;
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFEBFFC8D170748C48EAFF29" box="[580,689,151,176]" pageId="10" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
with the Variation Shown in the
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFEBFFC8D773748C4ED9FF29" box="[1095,1154,151,176]" pageId="10">Type</typeStatus>
Series in Parentheses):
</emphasis>
SVL 57.0 (mean 57.0, range 48.5–63.6), HL 8.3 (mean 8.7, range 8.1–9.2), HW 6.1 (mean 6.1, range 6.4–6.5), AG 31.0 (mean 28.3, range 21.7–33.2), SF 23.9 (mean 23.0, range 21–24.8), S-E 11.7 (mean 11.3, range 9.6–12), EF 12.9 (mean 12.1, range 10.5–13.5), and TL incomplete (no specimens with intact tails).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F3753C4F3DFDA4" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3F3753C4ED6FED9" bold="true" box="[199,1165,295,320]" pageId="10">
Scalation (
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFEBFFC8D270753C4BE8FED9" box="[324,435,295,320]" pageId="10" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
with the Variation Shown in the
<typeStatus id="54E7BDF2FFEBFFC8D009753C4923FED9" box="[829,888,295,320]" pageId="10">Type</typeStatus>
Series in Parentheses):
</emphasis>
Upper ciliaries 7 (mean 6, range 6-7); lower ciliaries 11 (mean 10, range 10–11); nuchals 1 pair (mean 1 pair, range 1-1 pairs); midbody scale rows 34 (mean 33, range 32–34); ventral scale rows 68 (mean 69, range 65–72); subdigital lamellae 24 (mean 22, range 21–24); supraciliaries 7 (mean 7, range 7-7); suboculars 9 (mean 9, range 8–9). Frontonasal never separated from frontal by prefrontals meeting in midline. Anterior loreal in contact with first and second supralabial. Posterior loreal in contact with second and third supralabial. Supralabials 7, the sixth largest. Infralabials 6. One primary temporal. Third front digit usually shorter than the fourth. Maximum SVL
<quantity id="4CA4AEB5FFEBFFC8D61B75E44FC3FD8E" box="[1327,1432,511,536]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.36" pageId="10" unit="mm" value="63.6">63.6 mm</quantity>
. Ratios for morphological measurements (
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D15C763E482CFDA5" box="[616,631,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10">±</emphasis>
SD): AG/SF 1.23
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D07C763E490CFDA5" box="[840,855,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10">±</emphasis>
0.14; SE/EF 0.94
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D713763E4E6DFDA5" box="[1063,1078,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10">±</emphasis>
0.05; HL/HW 1.41
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D623763E4F7DFDA5" box="[1303,1318,549,572]" italics="true" pageId="10">±</emphasis>
0.05.
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<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F3765C4960FD69" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3F3765C4B04FDF9" bold="true" box="[199,351,583,608]" pageId="10">Colouration.</emphasis>
Dorsal surface light brown to very dark brown, with irregular dark and light flecks or blotches, shading into white ventral surface (
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). A white, black-edged “tear-drop” under eye, although this may be indistinct in some animals. Well marked pale dorsolateral stripe from near tip of snout to near midpoint of body, thereafter broken up by brown patches. Throat, chin and belly lightly speckled. There do not appear to be sexually dimorphic colour patterns. Juvenile colouration is unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C34650DBFFEBFFC8D3F376E74BBEFA7E" pageId="10" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F376E748F8FCA1" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3F376E74B15FC8C" bold="true" box="[199,334,764,789]" pageId="10">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the Maori “
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” = “tears”, referring to the teardrop marking under the eyes. The suggested common name is the Aorangi skink.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F3775F4EDDFC53" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3F3775F4BB8FCC4" bold="true" box="[199,483,836,861]" pageId="10">Habitat and life history.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D2DE775F489FFCC5" box="[490,708,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="10">Oligosoma roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D1FE775F497FFCC4" bold="true" box="[714,804,836,861]" pageId="10">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is known only from the Poor Knights Islands, which are an island chain just over
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NE of the northern North Island. They consist of two large islands (larger than
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2) and several smaller islands and rock stacks. In total, the group is approximately
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area. The Poor Knights Islands are administered by the Department of Conservation as a Nature Reserve.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F377CD48A5FA96" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
The islands are unique in that they have never been invaded by introduced mammalian predators. The exception is Aorangi Island, onto which Maori introduced feral pigs from stock obtained from European ships toward the end of the eighteenth century. The pigs were extirpated in 1936. Consequently, the Poor Knights Islands support a diverse range of reptile species, which can attain extremely high densities compared to mainland populations. The islands are now known to have three endemic lizard species;
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D713707D4F58FBE6" box="[1063,1283,1126,1151]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D713707D4F58FBE6" box="[1063,1283,1126,1151]" italics="true" pageId="10">Oligosoma roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D639707D4F32FBE6" bold="true" box="[1293,1385,1126,1151]" pageId="10">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFEBFFC8D639707D4F32FBE6" box="[1293,1385,1126,1151]" pageId="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the Poor Knights gecko (
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<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D2B370914876FB3A" box="[391,557,1162,1187]" italics="true" pageId="10">Dactylocnemis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp.) and Hardy’s skink (
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<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D077709049F5FB3A" box="[835,942,1162,1187]" italics="true" pageId="10">O. hardyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). They also support populations of marbled skink (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D3D370B44B0DFB5E" box="[231,342,1198,1223]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oliveri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3D370B44B0DFB5E" box="[231,342,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="10">O. oliveri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) which have a highly distinctive morphology, egg-laying skink (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D77870B44FC3FB5E" authority="Boulenger, 1906" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1906" box="[1100,1432,1198,1223]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="suteri">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D77870B44EE9FB5E" box="[1100,1202,1199,1223]" italics="true" pageId="10">O. suteri</emphasis>
(Boulenger, 1906))
</taxonomicName>
, moko skink (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D20670C84886FB72" authority="Dumeril &amp; Bibron, 1839" authorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1839" box="[306,733,1234,1259]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moco">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D20670C84BC8FB72" box="[306,403,1235,1259]" italics="true" pageId="10">O. moco</emphasis>
(Dumeril &amp; Bibron, 1839))
</taxonomicName>
, shore skink (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D0B770C84EC8FB72" authority="Gray, 1845" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1845" box="[899,1171,1234,1259]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Lygosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithi">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D0B770C849B6FB72" box="[899,1005,1234,1259]" italics="true" pageId="10">O. smithi</emphasis>
(Gray, 1845))
</taxonomicName>
and Duvaucel’s gecko (
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D39470ED48A1FA96" authority="Dumeril &amp; Bibron, 1836" authorityName="Dumeril &amp; Bibron" authorityYear="1836" box="[160,762,1270,1295]" class="Reptilia" family="Diplodactylidae" genus="Hoplodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="duvaucelii">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D39470ED4BE4FA96" box="[160,447,1270,1295]" italics="true" pageId="10">Hoplodactylus duvaucelii</emphasis>
(Dumeril &amp; Bibron, 1836))
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BE30350FFEBFFC8D3F371014BBEFA7E" blockId="10.[151,1437,151,1511]" pageId="10">
<taxonomicName id="4C5C78D3FFEBFFC8D3F371014BFFFAAA" box="[199,420,1306,1331]" class="Reptilia" family="Scincidae" genus="Oligosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="10" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roimata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D3F371014BFFFAAA" box="[199,420,1306,1331]" italics="true" pageId="10">Oligosoma roimata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D29A71014850FAAA" bold="true" box="[430,523,1306,1331]" pageId="10">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21B6239FFEBFFC8D29A71014850FAAA" box="[430,523,1306,1331]" pageId="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most abundant in flax and scrub on the fringes of the islands. It appears to favour dense ground cover. It is most active at dawn and dusk and appears to be mainly insectivorous (Whitaker 1968). The species is currently listed in the
<collectingCountry id="F34B43C0FFEBFFC8D1A671784971FAE2" box="[658,810,1378,1403]" name="New Zealand" pageId="10">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
Threat Classification System as Naturally Uncommon (Hitchmough
<emphasis id="B928DF42FFEBFFC8D20771934B37FA06" box="[307,364,1414,1439]" italics="true" pageId="10">et al.</emphasis>
2013); however, since population densities appear to be sparse and several recent surveys have failed to detect any animals (Trent Bell, pers. comm.; R. Parrish, pers. comm.), the species may warrant an enhanced conservation status.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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