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Eyres skink
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Oligosoma
Species:
repens

The Eyres skink (Oligosoma repens) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. It is named in honour of the location of its habitat, the Eyres Mountains.

Conservation Status

As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the Eyres skink as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

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