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Oligosoma otagense (Otago skink)

Synonyms: Girardiscincus otagense; Leiolopisma grande otagense

Wikipedia Abstract

The Otago skink, Oligosoma otagense, is an endangered species of large skink of the family Scincidae, found in the central Otago region of New Zealand.
View Wikipedia Record: Oligosoma otagense

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oligosoma otagense

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  41 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Female Weight [1]  35 grams
Habitat Substrate [2]  Saxicolous
Litter Size [1]  3
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  44 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Viviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.724 inches (12 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 grande (Grand skink)5

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Meiri, 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
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 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