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Oligosoma lichenigerum (Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands Skink)

Synonyms: Cyclodina lichenigera; Mocoa lichenigera

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lord Howe Island skink, Oligosoma lichenigera, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae found on Australia's Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.
View Wikipedia Record: Oligosoma lichenigerum

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Oligosoma lichenigerum

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.9 grams
Gestation [2]  68 days
Litter Size [2]  3
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  2.756 inches (7 cm)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Lord Howe Island subtropical forests Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  
Norfolk Island subtropical forests Australia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

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
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