Te Kakahu skink

Te Kakahu skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species:
O. tekakahu
Binomial name
Oligosoma tekakahu
Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Patterson & Daugherty, 2011
Synonyms
  • Oligosoma inconspicuum ‘Te Kakahu’
  • Oligosoma sp. 6 (Te Kakahu skink)

The Te Kakahu skink (Oligosoma tekakahu) is a critically endangered species of skink native to New Zealand. When discovered, the entire species was inhabiting a single patch of clifftop vegetation on Chalky Island in Fiordland National Park.

  1. ^ Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M. (2019). "Oligosoma tekakahu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T120190180A120192689. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120190180A120192689.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.