Te Kakahu skink
| Te Kakahu skink | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. tekakahu |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma tekakahu Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Patterson & Daugherty, 2011 | |
| Distribution of Oligosoma tekakahu on a map of the South Island | |
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The Te Kakahu skink (Oligosoma tekakahu) is a critically endangered species of skink native to New Zealand. When discovered, the entire species was inhabiting a single patch of clifftop vegetation on Chalky Island in Fiordland National Park.