The Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) is a rare, endangered species of large skink in the family Scincidae, found in the rocky canyons and grassy patches of Central Otago, New Zealand.
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The Otagoskink (Oligosoma otagense) is a rare, endangered species of large skink in the family Scincidae, found in the rocky canyons and grassy patches...
The grand skink (Oligosoma grande) is an endangered species of large skink endemic to the central Otago region of New Zealand. Grand skinks are relatively...
described Skinks – over 70 endemic species in the Oligosoma genus, plus the introduced Lampropholis delicata (rainbow skink or plague skink) Tuatara –...
Cyclodina alani), also known as the robust skink is the largest endemic skink to New Zealand. The robust skink is in the family Scincidae and found in the...
near the Burgan Stream, in the Rock and Pillar Range, Central Otago. The Burgan skink has a glossy brown colour with a yellow grey abdomen. It has minimal...
The Te Kakahu skink (Oligosoma tekakahu) is a critically endangered species of skink native to New Zealand. When discovered, the entire species was inhabiting...
drive) in Central Otago and Omarama (32 km, 21 minutes drive) in Canterbury, on the main inland route to the Waitaki Basin in the Otago Region. The pass...
Pillar Range of high hills is located in the Maniototo, an area of inland Otago, New Zealand. They are surrounded by the Taieri River, which has its source...
The Lammermoor Range is a range of rugged hills in Central Otago, in southern New Zealand. The range runs for approximately 30 kilometres northeast from...
International, Two-Hour Feature Documentary, KQED/PBS. 2009 The Grand And OtagoSkinks: Conservation of Two of New Zealand’s Rarest Reptiles, Writer, Director...
former gold and coal mining town in Central Otago, New Zealand. The settlement was a centre of the Otago Gold Rush, but mining has since long ceased....
penguin, or blue penguin, is a species of penguin from Australia and the Otago region of New Zealand. The species was described as Spheniscus novaehollandiae...
Zealand herpetologist. She is currently a professor at the University of Otago. Cree graduated from the University of Waikato in 1986 with a D.Phil. for...
"Twenty-eight species of bird, a tuatara, three frogs, at least four geckos, a skink, two bats, and two fish contribute to the species diversity" found in a...
Haast's eagle. Other indigenous animals are represented by reptiles (tuatara, skinks and geckos), frogs, such as the protected endangered Hamilton's Frog, spiders...
(Nycticorax kalavikai) in 1995. In 1991, he also described the Northland skink, a fossil skink species new to science. In 1998, Worthy excavated subfossil bones...
in the lower Bannockburn Formation of the Manuherikia Group of Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It comprises a suite of fossilised...
lakes lie nearby, and Fiordland and the surrounding parts of Southland and Otago Regions are often referred to as the Southern Lakes. Only a handful of Fiordland's...
on the recovery of native skink and gecko populations.: 257 Killing rabbits and possums, which compete for food with skinks and geckos, may also have...
area of the Hunter Mountains. The skink species Oligosoma nigriplantare polychroma (related to the Chatham Islands skink) inhabit the tussock grasslands...
thunderstorms impacted some areas of Otago and Southland, while the eastern South Island including parts of coastal Canterbury, Otago, and Southland experienced...
August 2013). "A Case of Web Entanglement and Apparent Predation of the Skink Lampropholis delicata (De Vis, 1888) (Sauria: Scincidae: Lygosominae) by...
The link between the two island groups also includes affinities between skink and gecko families. The history, climate and geology of New Zealand have...
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