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Oligosoma grande (Grand skink)

Synonyms: Mocoa grandis; Mocoa laxa

Wikipedia Abstract

The Grand skink, Oligosoma grande, is an endangered species of large skink endemic to the central Otago region of New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Oligosoma grande

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oligosoma grande

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  19.4 grams
Female Weight [2]  19 grams
Habitat Substrate [3]  Saxicolous
Reproductive Mode [3]  Viviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  3.937 inches (10 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands New Zealand Australasia Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
South Island montane grasslands New Zealand Australasia Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Coprosma dumosa[4]
Coprosma propinqua[4]
Leucopogon stuartii[4]
Melicytus alpinus (Porcupine shrub)[4]
Pentachondra pumila (Carpet Heath)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Nestor notabilis (Kea)2
Oligosoma otagense (Otago skink)5

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226
2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
4The diet of grand skinks (Oligosoma grande) and Otago skinks (O. otagense) in Otago seral tussock grasslands, Mandy D. Tocher, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 30: 3, 243 — 257 (2003)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0