Oligosoma

Oligosoma is a genus of small to medium-sized skinks (family Scincidae) 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 genus Oligosoma contains the following 57 species. 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 carinacauda – Okuru 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 (extinct) 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