Mokohinau skink

Mokohinau skink
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	O. townsi
Binomial name
	Oligosoma townsi; (Chapple et al., 2008)
Synonyms
	Cyclodina townsi ; Chapple et al., 2008; Oligosoma townsi ; — Chapple et al., 2009;

The Mokohinau skink (Oligosoma townsi), also known commonly as Towns' skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand.

Etymology

The specific name, townsi, is in honor of Kiwi herpetologist David Towns.^[2]

In New Zealand O. townsi is found in the Northland area including Three Kings Islands, the Poor Knights Islands, and other offshore islands.^[3]

O. townsi occupies broadleaf forest and low scrub, usually amongst boulders and rock screes.^{[citation needed]}

O. townsi is viviparous^[1] and is believed to be nocturnal.^{[citation needed]}

O. townsi reaches a maximum body size of about 87 millimetres (3.4 in) snout-vent length (SVL).^[4]

^ ^a ^b Species Oligosoma townsi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclodina townsi, p. 267).
^ Chapple DG, Ritchie PA, Daugherty CH (2009). "Origin, diversification, and systematics of the New Zealand skink fauna (Reptilia: Scincidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52 (2): 470–87. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.021. PMID 19345273. (Oligosoma townsi, new combination).
^ Chapple DG, Patterson GB, Gleeson DM, Daugherty CH, Ritchie PA (2008). "Taxonomic revision of the marbled skink (Cyclodina oliveri, Reptilia: Scincidae) species complex, with a description of a new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 35 (2): 129–146. doi:10.1080/03014220809510110. S2CID 83825602. (Cyclodina townsi, new species).