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414:(SVL) of 5.5 cm (2.2 in).
386:can be distinguished from all other
334:closely resembles the copper skink,
951:Taxa named by Charles H. Daugherty
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537:The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles
941:Taxa named by Geoff B. Patterson
916:IUCN Red List vulnerable species
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921:Endemic reptiles of New Zealand
493:. Accessed on 28 December 2023.
936:Taxa named by David G. Chapple
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319:In the Poor Knights Islands,
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600:Journal of Herpetology
235:— Chapple et al., 2009
364:Habitat and behaviour
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412:snout-to-vent length
401:Oligosoma levidensum
279:Poor Knights Islands
226:Chapple et al., 2008
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569:New Zealand Lizards
31:Conservation status
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565:Chapple DG
551:, p. 116).
455:References
445:viviparous
46:Vulnerable
926:Oligosoma
767:120189443
481:(2021). "
441:O. hardyi
423:O. hardyi
408:O. hardyi
392:O. aeneum
388:Oligosoma
384:O. hardyi
369:O. hardyi
353:Oligosoma
347:Cyclodina
332:O. hardyi
321:O. hardyi
289:Etymology
271:Scincidae
146:Species:
139:Oligosoma
128:Scincidae
84:Kingdom:
78:Eukaryota
843:Q5656522
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686:Q3350574
680:Wikidata
641:(2018).
635:Baling M
509:Species
327:Taxonomy
186:Synonyms
124:Family:
118:Squamata
108:Reptilia
98:Chordata
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88:Animalia
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888:ZooBank
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780:1175208
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588:Bell TP
485:". The
277:to the
275:endemic
266:in the
256:species
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134:Genus:
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104:Class:
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268:family
264:lizard
218:(part)
216:, 1977
204:(part)
202:, 1857
200:Girard
875:Plazi
728:49776
428:upon
426:preys
260:skink
254:is a
214:Hardy
852:GBIF
775:NCBI
762:IUCN
736:GBIF
710:BOLD
647:ISBN
573:ISBN
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487:IUCN
418:Diet
373:flax
303:Kiwi
293:The
262:, a
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