A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Oligosoma.
Merger of Oligosoma and Cyclodina
A molecular phylogenetic analysis[3] has merged the genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete
taxon.
References
^Austin, J.J.;
Arnold, E.N. (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution39 (2): 503–511.
doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
^Chapple, David G.; Ritchie, Peter A.; Daugherty, Charles H. (August 2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (2): 470–487.
doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.021.
PMID19345273.
Further reading
Girard, C. (1857). "Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Fourth Part.— Including the species of Saurians, exotic to North America". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia9: 195–199. (Oligosoma, new genus, p. 196).
Jewell, T. (2011) A Photographic Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland (revised edition).
A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Oligosoma.
Merger of Oligosoma and Cyclodina
A molecular phylogenetic analysis[3] has merged the genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete
taxon.
References
^Austin, J.J.;
Arnold, E.N. (2006). Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution39 (2): 503–511.
doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract)
^Chapple, David G.; Ritchie, Peter A.; Daugherty, Charles H. (August 2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (2): 470–487.
doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.021.
PMID19345273.
Further reading
Girard, C. (1857). "Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Fourth Part.— Including the species of Saurians, exotic to North America". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia9: 195–199. (Oligosoma, new genus, p. 196).
Jewell, T. (2011) A Photographic Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand. Auckland: New Holland (revised edition).