Object: Whitaker’s Skink, Oligosoma whitakeri (Hardy, 1977); holotype
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Registration Number  RE.001817
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Reptilia
Order  Squamata
Family  Scincidae
Scientific NameType Status
Oligosoma whitakeri (Hardy, 1977)holotype
Identified By  Jewell, Tony
Identified Date  
Common / Maori name  Whitaker's Skink
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island
Precise locality  Middle Island, Mercury Islands
Collected By  Whitaker, AH
Date collected  27 Jun 1970
Habitat  under log in Paratrophis forest
Section  Reptiles and Amphibians

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