Oligosoma

Oligosoma
Otago skink, Oligosoma otagense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Lygosominae
Genus:	Oligosoma Girard, 1857
Species
Over 30, see text.

Over 30, see text.

Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) found only in New Zealand as well as Norfolk and Lord Howe islands. Oligosoma belongs to the Eugongylus group of genera in the subfamily Lygosominae; the genus Bassiana appears to be fairly closely related.

The currently described species and about to be described species are:

(listed alphabetically by "common name")

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Oligosoma.

A molecular phylogenetic analysis has merged the old genus Cyclodina with Oligosoma, rendering Cyclodina an obsolete taxon. The species previously included in Cyclodina are:

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