Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Long-toed skink (Oligosoma longipes), recorded as Endangered
Long-toed skink (Oligosoma longipes). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Long-toed skink

Oligosoma longipes

The long-toed skink is a skink of the family Scincidae, endemic to New Zealand.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Oligosoma longipes
Recorded from
New Zealand
Taxonomy
Squamata · Scincidae · Oligosoma

Appearance

Maximum snout-vent length is about 70 mm.

It was first described by Geoff Patterson in 1997.

Range and habitat

The long-toed skink is a skink of the family Scincidae, endemic to New Zealand. It is only known from a few sites in the South Island of New Zealand and little is known of its habits. It seems to prefer dry, rocky habitats, usually eroding stream terraces or scree slopes.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

It is diurnal and heliothermic.

In crisis

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the long-toed skink as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

Long-toed skink is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Long-toed skink, Wikidata item Q3012672. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Long-toed skink?
Long-toed skink is a skink in the family Scincidae — Oligosoma longipes.
What is the conservation status of Long-toed skink?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Oligosoma longipes. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Long-toed skink live?
The long-toed skink is a skink of the family Scincidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Why is Long-toed skink in crisis?
As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the long-toed skink as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Oligosoma longipes?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Long-toed skink a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.