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Table 9.27: New Zealand's threatened, non-threatened and island-bound reptiles
| Species | Common Name | Rare or Threatened * | Conservation priority ** | Limited mainly to islands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuatara (2 species) | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sphenodon guntheri | Brothers Islands tuatara | + | A | + |
| Sphenodon punctatus | Tuatara | + | B | + |
| Skinks (30 species, 25 formally described) | 17 | 16 | 18 | |
| Cyclodina aenea | Copper skink | - | - | |
| Cyclodina alani | Robust skink | + | B | + |
| Cyclodina macgregori | McGregor's skink | + | B | + |
| Cyclodina oliveri | Marbled skink | - | + | |
| Cyclodina ornata | Ornate skink | - | - | |
| Cyclodina whitakeri | Whitaker's skink | + | B | + |
| Cyclodina new sp. 1 (Mokohinau Is. and Hen and Chicken Is.) | Mokohinau skink | + | A | + |
| Cyclodina new sp. 2 (Poor Knights Is.) | (No common name) | + | C | + |
| Oligosoma acrinasum | Fiordland skink | - | + | |
| Oligosoma chloronoton | Green skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma fallai | Three Kings skink | + | C | + |
| Oligosoma grande | Grand skink | + | A | - |
| Oligosoma 'Garston skink' *** | Garston skink | - | A | - |
| Oligosoma homalonotum | Chevron skink | + | A | + |
| Oligosoma inconspicuum | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Oligosoma infrapunctatum | Speckled skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma lineoocellatum | Spotted skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma maccanni | McCann's skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma microlepis | Small-scaled skink | + | A | - |
| Oligosoma moco | Moko skink | - | + | |
| Oligosoma nigriplantare nigriplantare | Chatham Is. skink | + | + | |
| " " polychroma | Common skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma notosaurus | Southern skink | + | I | + |
| Oligosoma otagense form 'otagense' | Otago giant skink | + | A | - |
| " " form 'waimatense' **** | Scree skink | + | B | - |
| Oligosoma smithi | Shore skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma stenotis | Small-eared skink | + | C | + |
| Oligosoma striatum | Striped skink | + | A | - |
| Oligosoma suteri | Egg-laying skink | - | + | |
| Oligosoma zelandicum | Brown skink | - | - | |
| Oligosoma n. sp. 1 (long-toed form) | Long-toed skink | + | B | - |
| Oligosoma n. sp. 2 (Open Bay Island) | Open Bay Is. skink | + | A | + |
| Geckos (29 species, 16 formally described) | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus | Gold-striped gecko | + | C | - |
| Hoplodactylus duvaucelii | Duvaucel's gecko | - | + | |
| Hoplodactylus granulatus | Forest gecko | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus kahutarae | Black-eyed gecko | + | B | + |
| Hoplodactylus maculatus | Common gecko | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus nebulosus | (No common name) | - | B | + |
| Hoplodactylus pacificus | Pacific gecko | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus rakiurae | Harlequin gecko | + | B | + |
| Hoplodactylus stephensi | Stephens Is. gecko | + | B | + |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp . Nth'n Kaikouras | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Marlborough | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Mount Arthur | (No common name) | + | B | - |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Canterbury | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Southern Alps | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Danseys Pass | (No common name) | + | B | - |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Eastern Otago | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Western Otago | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. 'Southern mini' | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Westland | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Three Kings Is. | (No common name) | - | + | |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Matapia Island | (No common name) | + | B | + |
| Hoplodactylus n. sp. Poor Knights Is. | (No common name) | - | + | |
| Naultinus elegans elegans | Auckland green gecko | - | - | |
| " " punctatus | Wellington green gecko | - | ||
| Naultinus gemmeus | Jewelled gecko | - | - | |
| Naultinus grayii | Northland green gecko | - | - | |
| Naultinus manukanus | Marlborough green gecko | - | - | |
| Naultinus rudis | Rough gecko | - | - | |
| Naultinus stellatus | Nelson green gecko | - | - | |
| Naultinus tuberculatus | (No common name) | - | - | |
| Totals for all reptiles | 26 | 25 | 25 |
* Status assessed by Daugherty et al. (1994)
** Conservation priority assigned by the Department of Conservation (1994b)
*** The 'Garston Skink', listed by the Department of Conservation, is not included in the species totals as it is based on one dead specimen from central Otago whose taxonomic status is unclear.
**** The 'waimatense' form of Oligosoma otagense is now generally accepted as a distinct species.
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