| Falla's skink | |
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| Type specimen from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. fallai
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma fallai (
McCann, 1955)
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Falla's skink (Oligosoma fallai), also known commonly as the Three Kings skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Zealand.
Etymology
The specific name, fallai, is in honor of New Zealander ornithologist Robert Falla. [3]
Geographic range
O. fallai is endemic to the Three Kings Islands off the coast of New Zealand. It is found nowhere else in the world. [1] [2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of Falla’s skink are forest and shrubland. [1]
Diet
O. fallai is omnivorous. It preys upon small invertebrates, and also eats carrion and fruits, including the fruit of the tītoki tree ( Alectryon excelsus), the seeds of which it helps to disperse. [1]
Reproduction
O. fallai is ovoviviparous. [2] Young are born in January and February, and mean litter size is 4.5. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hitchmough, R.; Chapple, D.G. (2021). "Oligosoma fallai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T15263A120191092. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15263A120191092.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Oligosoma fallai 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. (Oligosoma fallai, p. 88).
Further reading
- McCann C (1955). "The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae". Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1–127. (Leiolopisma fallai, new species, pp. 76–77).
- Patterson GB, Daugherty CH (1995). "Reinstatement of the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 25 (3): 327–331. (Oligosoma fallai, new combination).
- van Winkel D, Baling M, Hitchmough R (2020). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Princeton Field Guides. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 368 pp. ISBN 978-0691199504.
| Falla's skink | |
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| Type specimen from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. fallai
|
| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma fallai (
McCann, 1955)
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|
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Falla's skink (Oligosoma fallai), also known commonly as the Three Kings skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to New Zealand.
Etymology
The specific name, fallai, is in honor of New Zealander ornithologist Robert Falla. [3]
Geographic range
O. fallai is endemic to the Three Kings Islands off the coast of New Zealand. It is found nowhere else in the world. [1] [2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of Falla’s skink are forest and shrubland. [1]
Diet
O. fallai is omnivorous. It preys upon small invertebrates, and also eats carrion and fruits, including the fruit of the tītoki tree ( Alectryon excelsus), the seeds of which it helps to disperse. [1]
Reproduction
O. fallai is ovoviviparous. [2] Young are born in January and February, and mean litter size is 4.5. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hitchmough, R.; Chapple, D.G. (2021). "Oligosoma fallai ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T15263A120191092. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15263A120191092.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Oligosoma fallai 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. (Oligosoma fallai, p. 88).
Further reading
- McCann C (1955). "The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae". Dominion Museum Bulletin (17): 1–127. (Leiolopisma fallai, new species, pp. 76–77).
- Patterson GB, Daugherty CH (1995). "Reinstatement of the genus Oligosoma (Reptilia: Lacertilia: Scincidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 25 (3): 327–331. (Oligosoma fallai, new combination).
- van Winkel D, Baling M, Hitchmough R (2020). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A Field Guide. Princeton Field Guides. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 368 pp. ISBN 978-0691199504.