Canterbury spotted skink
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| Canterbury spotted skink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. lineoocellatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma lineoocellatum Dumeril, 1851
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The Canterbury spotted skink is one of a species complex of several related spotted skink species from New Zealand.[2]
- ^ Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M.; Chapple, D. (2019). "Oligosoma lineoocellatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T120189599A120192619. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120189599A120192619.en. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Melzer, Sabine; Bell, Trent; Patterson, Geoff B. (3 August 2017). "Hidden conservation vulnerability within a cryptic species complex: taxonomic revision of the spotted skink (Oligosoma lineoocellatum; Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Zealand". Zootaxa. 4300 (3). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4300.3.2.