Falla's skink

Falla's skink or the Three Kings skink (Oligosoma fallai ) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

Etymology
The specific name, fallai, is in honor of New Zealander ornithologist Robert Falla.

Geographic range
O. fallai is endemic to the Three Kings Islands off the coast of New Zealand. It is found nowhere else in the world.

References

Further reading
McCann C (1955). "The lizards of New Zealand. Gekkonidae and Scincidae". Dominion Mus. Bull. (17): 1-127. (Leiolopisma fallai, new species, pp. 76–77).

Category:Oligosoma
Category:Reptiles of New Zealand
Category:Three Kings Islands
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot