Oligosoma lichenigerum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species: Oligosoma lichenigerum

Name

Oligosoma lichenigerum (O’Shaughnessy, 1874)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.16.27, collected by M’Gillivray.
• Type locality: “Lord Howe's Island”.

Combinations

• Mocoa lichenigera O’Shaughnessy, 1874: 298 [original combination]
• Lygosoma (Leiolopisma) lichenigerum — Smith, 1937: 224 [subsequent combination]
• Leiolopisma lichenigerum — Mittleman, 1952 [subsequent combination]
• Cyclodina lichenigera — Cogger et al., 1983 [subsequent combination]
• Vaderscincus lichenigerum — Wells & Wellington, 1984: 40 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudemoia lichenigera — Cogger, 1992 [subsequent combination]
• Oligosoma lichenigera — Shea & Sadlier, 1999: 64 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
• Oligosoma lichenigerum — Chapple, Ritchie & Daugherty, 2009: 485 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Vaderscincus coynei Wells & Wellington, 1985: 40 [synonymized by Shea & Sadlier (1999: 64)]
  • Holotype: AM R80454, collected by Cogger, Cameron & Sadlier between 22–24 November 1978.
  • Type locality: “Phillip I., off Norfolk I.”

Native distribution areas

• Astralia: Lord Howe Island and the offshore islands Ball's Pyramid, Blackburn (Rabbit) Island and Mutton Bird Island, and the Admiralty Islands (confirmed from Roach Island), and Phillip Island off Norfolk Island.

References

Primary references

• O’Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Scincidæ in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 13(76): 298–301. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680864 BHL Reference page. 
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series 1: 1–61. Reference page. 
• Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: Types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1–91. DOI: 10.3853/j.1031-8062.15.1999.1290 Reference page. 

Links

• Chapple, D.C, Cogger, H. & Wilson, S. 2018. IUCN: Oligosoma lichenigerum  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T40796A101743623. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T40796A101743623.en. Accessed on 11 November 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Lord Howe Island skink