TABLE 1 in The Okuru skink (Oligosoma carinacauda sp. nov) of South Westland, New Zealand-simply elusive or extinct?

<p><b>TABLE 1.</b> Comparison of morphometric and meristic features between <i>O. carinacauda</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and similar species.</p><table><tbody><tr><th><b>Character</b></th><th><i>O. carinacauda</i></th><th><i>O. inconspicuum</i></th><th><i>O. repens</i></th><th><i>O. burganae</i></th><th><i>O. tekakahu</i></th><th><i>O. toka</i></th><th><i>O. aureocola</i></th><th><i>O. polychroma</i></th></tr><tr><th><b>sp. nov.</b></th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th><b>Mean TL/SVL</b></th><td>1.25</td><td>1.16 n=14</td><td>1.28 n=2</td><td>1.00 n=1</td><td>N/A</td><td>1.16 n=3</td><td>N/A</td><td>1.16 n=19</td></tr><tr><th><b>(intact tail)</b></th></tr><tr><th><b>MS</b></th><td>29</td><td>26&ndash;32</td><td>30&ndash;34</td><td>30&ndash;34</td><td>30</td><td>30&ndash;34</td><td>30&ndash;31</td><td>26&ndash;31</td></tr><tr><th><b>VS</b></th><td>82</td><td>67&ndash;86</td><td>68&ndash;81</td><td>70&ndash;82</td><td>68</td><td>77&ndash;88</td><td>80&ndash;84</td><td>63&ndash;81</td></tr><tr><th><b>Lamellae</b></th><td>18/19</td><td>17&ndash;23</td><td>19&ndash;23</td><td>18&ndash;23</td><td>16</td><td>17&ndash;23</td><td>24&ndash;26</td><td>17&ndash;26</td></tr><tr><th><b>HL/HW</b></th><td>1.63</td><td>1.25&ndash;1.63</td><td>1.34&ndash;1.60</td><td>1.28&ndash;1.48</td><td>1.44</td><td>1.37&ndash;1.53</td><td>1.45&ndash;1.51</td><td>1.44&ndash; 1.93</td></tr><tr><th><b>SVL/HW</b></th><td>12.04</td><td>7.50&ndash;11.63</td><td>9.09&ndash;10.84</td><td>9.45&ndash;11.61</td><td>9.88</td><td>9.20&ndash;11.98</td><td>9.42&ndash;9.83</td><td>8.31&ndash;12.93</td></tr><tr><th><b>Projecting</b></th><td>No</td><td>Sometimes</td><td>Sometimes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Usually</td></tr><tr><th><b>scale(s) in ear</b></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><b>opening</b></th></tr><tr><th><b>Tail keeled</b></th><td>Yes</td><td>Sometimes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><b>Supraoculars</b></th><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>3,4</td><td>3,4</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3,4</td></tr></tbody></table>