Small-scaled skink

The small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The first specimen was captured in 1971 on Motutaiko Island, Lake Taupō but it is now known to be endemic to the central North Island of New Zealand in small population pockets.^[2] The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.^[3]

Small-scaled skink
Oligosoma microlepis found in the central Rangitīkei District, New Zealand
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	O. microlepis
Binomial name
Oligosoma microlepis (Patterson & Daugherty, 1990)
Distribution of the small-scaled skink on a map of the North Island   Known native range

Conservation status

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the small-scaled skink as "Nationally Vulnerable" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.^[4]