A new skink species (Oligosoma taumakae sp. nov.; Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Open Bay Islands, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-357

  Chapple, David G ^a,c   Patterson, Geoff B ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Museum Victoria Herpetology Section ^*  (New Zealand)

^c MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; ND2; ND4; Scincidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FLIGHTLESSNESS; LIZARD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PREDATION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

GALLIRALLUS AUSTRALIS; OLIGOSOMA; OLIGOSOMA ACRINASUM; OLIGOSOMA INFRAPUNCTATUM; OLIGOSOMA OTAGENSE; OLIGOSOMA WAIMATENSE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 39049171500     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510094     Document Type: Article

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