a skink is a reptile or an amphibian.
a skink is a reptile or an amphibian.
is a skink a reptile or an amphibian?
reptile
small-scaled skink









































the small-scaled skink, "oligosoma microlepis", is a species of skink in the family scincidae. it is endemic to new zealand. the holotype is in the collection of the museum of new zealand te papa tongarewa.









































section::::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.









































section::::references.









































bullet::::- australasian reptile & amphibian specialist group 1996. oligosoma microlepis. 2006 iucn red list of threatened species. downloaded on 20 july 2007.
small-scaled skink
bullet::::- "liopholis guthega" – guthega skink, snowy mountains skink, alpine egernia









































bullet::::- "liopholis inornata" – unadorned desert-skink, "desert skink"









































bullet::::- "liopholis kintorei" – great desert skink









































bullet::::- "liopholis margaretae" – centralian ranges rock-skink, flinder's ranges rock-skink









































bullet::::- "liopholis modesta" – eastern ranges rock-skink









































bullet::::- "liopholis montana" – mountain egernia, "mountain skink"









































bullet::::- "liopholis multiscutata" – southern sand-skink, heath skink, bull skink









































bullet::::- "liopholis personata"









































bullet::::- "liopholis pulchra" – south-western rock-skink, spectacled rock-skink









































bullet::::- "liopholis slateri" – centralian floodplains desert-skink, slater's egernia









































bullet::::- "liopholis striata" – nocturnal desert-skink, night skink, striated egernia









































bullet::::- "liopholis whitii" – white's skink, white's rock-skink
liopholis