| Small-eared skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. stenotis |
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| Oligosoma stenotis (Patterson & Daugherty 1994) | |
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| Distribution of the small-eared skink on a map of Stewart Island Known native range | |
The small-eared skink (Oligosoma stenotis) is found only on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It was first described in 1994 by Geoff Patterson and Charles Daugherty. It is a moderately small (80 mm snout to vent) skink, that lives in one of the most inhospitable (to lizards) environments on earth.
References
- (Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 24: 125 – 132)
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oligosoma stenotis | |
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