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Marbled skink
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Oligosoma
Species:
oliveri
Oligosoma oliveri distribution.png
Synonyms
  • Leiolopisma oliveri
    McCann, 1955
  • Leiolopisma pachystomaticum
    Robb, 1975
  • Cyclodina oliveri
    — Hardy, 1977
  • Oligosoma oliveri
    — Patterson & T.P. Bell, 2009

The marbled skink (Oligosoma oliveri) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Etymology

The specific name, oliveri, is in honor of New Zealand ornithologist Walter Oliver.

Reproduction

O. oliveri is viviparous.

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