Fiordland skink

Fiordland skink
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Reptilia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Squamata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Scincidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	Oligosoma
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".:	<div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">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.^[2] 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]

• Oligosoma acrinasum discussed on RNZ Critter of the Week, 22 September 2023

Wikidata ☰ Q3010307 entry

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