Small-eared skink
Kingdom
Phylum
Subphylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Oligosoma stenotis

The small-eared skink (Oligosoma stenotis ) is found only on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It was first described in 1994 by Geoff Patterson and Charles Daugherty. It is a moderately small (80 mm snout to vent) skink, that lives in one of the most inhospitable (to lizards) environments on earth.

Geography

References

1. Small-eared skink Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-eared_skink

More Fascinating Animals to Learn About