Fiordland skink

Fiordland skink
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	O. acrinasum
Binomial name
	Oligosoma acrinasum; (Hardy, 1977)

The Fiordland skink, Oligosoma acrinasum, is a species of skink endemic to the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion of South Island, New Zealand. The Fiordland skink is found on one mainland locations and the exposed rocky shores of numerous islands along the Fiordland coast. Their distribution has declined due to introduced predators. Currently it lives only on foreshore rocks and boulder beaches on the Fiordland coast. It is abundant, even extremely abundant, in areas free from mammalian predators, but it barely survives where predators are present.^[1]

This species was successfully translocated to Hāwea Island in 1988. It has managed to naturally recolonize another island after rats were eradicated.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chapple, D.G. (2010). "Oligosoma acrinasum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T178264A7509819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178264A7509819.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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[IUCN-1] Chapple, D.G. (2010). "Oligosoma acrinasum". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T178264A7509819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178264A7509819.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

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