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Oligosoma pikitanga (Sinbad Skink)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Sinbad Skink, Oligosoma pikitanga is a rare species of medium-sized skink endemic to New Zealand where it lives in an alpine habitat in Sinbad Gully, in Fiordland National Park.
View Wikipedia Record: Oligosoma pikitanga

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Oligosoma pikitanga

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  15 grams
Male Weight [1]  15 grams
Habitat Substrate [2]  Saxicolous
Reproductive Mode [2]  Viviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)

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
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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