The Commission has conserved the usage of the specific names Oligosoma aeneum (Girard, 1857) and Oligosoma ornatum (Gray 1843), widely used for species of New Zealand skinks (copper skink and ornate skink), by setting aside the existing holotype of Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 and designating a neotype.
Cyclodina aenea Girard, 1857 (currently Oligosoma aeneum; Reptilia, Squamata, scincidae) and Tiliqua ornata Gray, 1843 (currently Oligosoma ornatum): specific names conserved and neotype designated," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69(4), 308-309, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v69i4.a10