Oligosoma salmo
The Chesterfield or Kapitia skink ("Oligosoma salmo") is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Only discovered in 1994 and for years not recognised as a distinct species, it is endemic to a narrow 1 km strip of coastal vegetation on the West Coast of New Zealand, 15 km north of Hokitika. There are fewer than 200 individuals remaining in the wild. "Oligosoma salmo" is the only New Zealand skink with a prehensile tail, suggesting it was once arboreal and inhabited coastal forest, which was subsequently cleared for dairy farming. Following the partial destruction of its remaining habitat in 2018 by a cyclone, a small captive breeding population was established at Auckland Zoo.
Q7432
species
Concept
Q272206
skink
Concept
Q664
New Zealand
LOC
Q123452
endemic
Concept
Q541468
West Coast
LOC
Q664
New Zealand
LOC
Q1549557
Hokitika
LOC
Q3085221
prehensile
Concept
Q767024
arboreal
Concept
Q2665285
Auckland Zoo
LOC
Q88635390
Oligosoma salmo
Concept
Q88635390
Oligosoma salmo
Concept
1994-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1994
DATE
2018-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2018
DATE
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
+15^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15
NUMBER
taxon rank
endemic to
endemic to
country
country