The small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The first specimen was captured in 1971 on Motutaiko Island, Lake Taupō but it is now known to be endemic to the central North Island of New Zealand in small population pockets.[2] The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. microlepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma microlepis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)
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Conservation status edit
As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the small-scaled skink as "Nationally Vulnerable" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]
References edit
- ^ Hitchmough, R.; Lettink, M.; van Winkel, D.; Chapple, D. (2019). "Oligosoma microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15258A120190602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15258A120190602.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Gebauer, Konstanze (2008). "Site survey and evaluation of trapping and identification techniques for small scaled skinks (oligosoma microlepis)" (PDF).
- ^ "Oligosoma microlepis Patterson & Daugherty, 1990; holotype". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ Hitchmough, Rod; Anderson, Peter; Barr, Ben; Monks, Jo; Lettink, Marieke; Reardon, James; Tocher, Mandy; Whitaker, Tony. "Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2012" (PDF). Department of Conservation. The Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 July 2015.