Oligosoma pachysomaticum

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Oligosoma pachysomaticum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Oligosoma
Species:
O. pachysomaticum
Binomial name
Oligosoma pachysomaticum
(Robb, 1975)

The Coromandel skink (Oligosoma pachysomaticum) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. Oligosoma pachysomaticum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2019.