Oligosoma
Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks found only in New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Oligosoma had previously been found to belong to the Eugongylus group of genera in the subfamily Lygosominae; the Australian genus Bassiana appears to be fairly closely related.
Species
The currently described species are:- Oligosoma acrinasum – Fiordland skink
- Oligosoma aeneum – copper skink
- Oligosoma alani – Alan's skink, robust skink
- Oligosoma albornense – Alborn skink
- Oligosoma aureocola – Mataura skink
- Oligosoma auroraense – Hawke's Bay skink, eastern speckled skink
- Oligosoma awakopaka – Awakopaka skink
- Oligosoma burganae – Burgan skink
- Oligosoma chloronoton – green skink
- Oligosoma elium – Marlborough spotted skink
- Oligosoma eludens – Rockhopper skink
- Oligosoma fallai – Falla's skink, Three Kings skink
- Oligosoma grande – grand skink
- Oligosoma hardyi – Hardy's skink
- Oligosoma homalonotum – chevron skink
- Oligosoma hoparatea – Pukuma skink, white-bellied skink
- Oligosoma inconspicuum – cryptic skink
- Oligosoma infrapunctatum – cobble skink, speckled skink
- Oligosoma judgei – barrier skink
- Oligosoma kahurangi
- Oligosoma kakerakau
- Oligosoma kokowai – northern spotted skink
- Oligosoma levidensum – slight skink
- Oligosoma lichenigerum – Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands skink
- Oligosoma lineoocellatum – Canterbury spotted skink
- Oligosoma longipes – long-toed skink
- Oligosoma maccanni – McCann's skink
- Oligosoma macgregori – MacGregor's skink
- Oligosoma microlepis – small-scaled skink
- Oligosoma moco – Moko skink
- Oligosoma newmani – Newman's speckled skink
- Oligosoma nigriplantare – Chatham Islands skink
- Oligosoma northlandi – Northland skink
- Oligosoma notosaurus – southern skink
- Oligosoma oliveri – marbled skink, Oliver's New Zealand skink
- Oligosoma ornatum – Gray's ornate skink
- Oligosoma otagense – Otago skink
- Oligosoma pachysomaticum – Coromandel skink
- Oligosoma pikitanga – Sinbad skink
- Oligosoma polychroma – common New Zealand skink, southern grass skink
- Oligosoma prasinum – Mackenzie skink
- Oligosoma repens – Eyres skink
- Oligosoma robinsoni – crenulate skink, Hokitika skink, cobble skink
- Oligosoma roimata – Aorangi skink
- Oligosoma salmo – Chesterfield skink
- Oligosoma smithi – shore skink
- Oligosoma stenotis – small-eared skink
- Oligosoma striatum – striped skink
- Oligosoma suteri – egg-laying skink, Suter's skink
- Oligosoma taumakae – Open Bay Islands skink, Taumaka skink
- Oligosoma tekakahu – Te Kakahu skink
- Oligosoma toka – Nevis skink
- Oligosoma townsi – Mokohinau skink
- Oligosoma waimatense – scree skink
- Oligosoma whitakeri – Whitaker's New Zealand skink
- Oligosoma zelandicum – brown skink
Numerous undescribed species also exist within the genus, including the cobble skink and tātahi skink.