Burgan skink

Burgan skink
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species:
O. burganae
Binomial name
Oligosoma burganae
Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Patterson & Daugherty, 2011
Synonyms
  • Leiolopisma inconspicuum Patterson & Daugherty 1990
  • Leiolopisma nigriplantare maccanni Patterson 1984

The Burgan skink (Oligosoma burganae) is a nationally endangered species of skink native to New Zealand. It was described from a specimen found near the Burgan Stream, in the Rock and Pillar Range, Central Otago.

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