Global InformationTe Kakahu skink information
| Te Kakahu skink | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Oligosoma |
| Species: | O. tekakahu
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligosoma tekakahu Chapple, Bell, Chapple, Miller, Patterson & Daugherty, 2011
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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.
- ^ Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M. (2019). "Oligosoma tekakahu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T120190180A120192689. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T120190180A120192689.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.