Brown skink | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Oligosoma |
Species: | O. zelandicum
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Binomial name | |
Oligosoma zelandicum (
Gray, 1843)
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Distribution | |
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The brown skink (Oligosoma zelandicum) is a species of skink native to New Zealand. [2]
The brown skink is relatively numerous and is found from Taranaki to Wellington in the North Island and in the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson and Westland in the South Island. [3]
The brown skink is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2010. [1] In 2012 the Department of Conservation classified the brown skink as At Risk Declining under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. [4]