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Cyclodina oliveri

Marbled skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Cyclodina
Species: C. oliveri
Binomial name
Cyclodina oliveri
(McCann, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Leiolopisma oliveri
    McCann, 1955
  • Cyclodina oliveri
    Hardy, 1977
  • Oligosoma oliveri
    Patterson & T.P. Bell, 2009

The marbled skink, Cyclodina oliveri, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

The specific name, oliveri, is in honor of New Zealand ornithologist Walter Oliver.



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