Marbled skink

Marbled skink
	Oligosoma oliveri
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	O. oliveri
Binomial name
	Oligosoma oliveri; (McCann, 1955)
	Geographic distribution of the marbled skink on a map of the North Island of New Zealand Known native range
Synonyms
	Leiolopisma oliveri ; McCann, 1955; Leiolopisma pachystomaticum ; Robb, 1975; Cyclodina oliveri ; — Hardy, 1977; Oligosoma oliveri ; — Patterson & T.P. Bell, 2009;

The marbled skink (Oligosoma oliveri), also known commonly as Oliver's New Zealand skink and Oliver's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Etymology

Oligosoma oliveri may attain a maximum snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11.6 cm (4.6 in).

The preferred natural habitat of Oligosoma oliveri is the leaf litter of forest and shrubland.

Oligosoma oliveri is terrestrial, and it is both crepuscular and nocturnal.

Oligosoma oliveri is omnivorous. It preys upon invertebrates, and it also eats berries and other fruit.

Oligosoma oliveri is viviparous. Litter size is two to four neonates.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hitchmough, R.; Chapple, D.G. (2021). "Oligosoma oliveri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T203035599A120190349. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203035599A120190349.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
1 2 Species Oligosoma oliveri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclodina oliveri, p. 194).

Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH (2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (2): 470–487.
McCann C (1955). "The Lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae". Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1–127. (Leiolopisma oliveri, new species, pp. 76–77, 79, 94 + Plate XIII, figures 1–5).
van Winkel D, Baling M, Hitchmough R (2019). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press. viii + 366 pp. (Oligosoma oliveri, pp. 157, 286–287, 297–298).

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Marbled skink

Oligosoma oliveri
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	O. oliveri
Binomial name
*Oligosoma oliveri* (McCann, 1955)

Geographic distribution of the marbled skink on a map of the North Island of New Zealand Known native range
Synonyms
Leiolopisma oliveri McCann, 1955 Leiolopisma pachystomaticum Robb, 1975 Cyclodina oliveri — Hardy, 1977 Oligosoma oliveri — Patterson & T.P. Bell, 2009