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Related species for the Chevron skink (Oligosoma homalonotum)
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Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense)
One of New Zealand’s rarest lizards, and also amongst the largest, the Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) is a long and slender reptile…
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Scree skink (Oligosoma waimatense)
Like other skinks, the scree skink has an elongate body covered in smooth, glossy scales, a narrow head and small eyes. The scales are…
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Robust skink (Oligosoma alani)
A relatively large New Zealand skink, the robust skink has, as its names suggests, a rather thickset body with a short, blunt head. The…
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Speckled skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum)
Information on the speckled skink is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Grand skink (Oligosoma grande)
As one of New Zealand’s largest and most impressive lizards, the grand skink justly deserves its name. Sadly though, it also shares the less…
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Whitaker’s skink (Oligosoma whitakeri)
A medium-sized and rather attractively marked lizard, Whitaker’s skink has a long body, short but well-developed limbs, and smooth scales…
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McGregor’s skink (Oligosoma macgregori)
One of New Zealand’s rarest lizards, McGregor’s skink is a medium-sized and secretive reptile, with a long body, short but well-developed…
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Small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis)
As its name suggests, the elongate body of the small-scaled skink is covered in relatively small, glossy scales. The background colour to…
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Falla’s skink (Oligosoma fallai)
One of New Zealand’s largest skinks, Falla’s skink (Oligosoma fallai) has, like other skinks, a roughly cylindrical body and short…
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Striped skink (Oligosoma striatum)
This little-known striped skink is one of the most rarely seen lizards in New Zealand, and fewer than 120 have ever been found. Oligosoma…
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Lanza's skink (Chalcides lanzai)
Named after the Italian herpetologist Benedetto Lanza, Lanza’s skink (Chalcides lanzai) is a poorly-known lizard found at high altitudes in…
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Leopard skink (Ctenotus pantherinus)
Well known for its unusual night-time foraging behaviour, the leopard skink (Ctenotus pantherinus) is reddish-brown in colour and has many…
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Three-toed snake-tooth skink (Coeranoscincus reticulatus)
Information on the three-toed snake-tooth skink is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Rothschild's skink (Paracontias rothschildi)
Information on Rothschild's skink (Paracontias rothschildi) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly…
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Wedge-snouted skink (Chalcides sepsoides)
Information on the wedge-snouted skink (Chalcides sepsoides) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Deraniyagala's tree skink (Lankascincus deraniyagalae)
Information on Deraniyagala's tree skink is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Two-lined ground skink (Scincella bilineata)
Information on the two-lined ground skink (Scincella bilineata) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Bedriaga's skink (Chalcides bedriagai)
Information on the Bedriaga's skink (Chalcides bedriagai) is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Madascincus (Madascincus arenicola)
Information on Madascincus arenicola is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Wright’s skink (Trachylepis wrightii)
Skinks (Scincidae) are typically small lizards with smooth, shiny scales and elongate, cylindrical bodies, not usually exceeding 12…
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Tessellated skink (Trachylepis tessellata)
The tessellated skink (Trachylepis tessellata) is a rather poorly-known lizard endemic to the southern Arabian Peninsula. Like other skinks…
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Eastern sandfish (Scincus mitranus)
Owing to their remarkable ability to seemingly ‘swim’ through sand, species in the skink genus Scincus are appropriately known as sandfish…
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Blue Mountains water skink (Eulamprus leuraensis)
The little-known Blue Mountains water skink is one of Australia’s rarest lizards. Elongated and flattened, the mid-body of this attractive…
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Vesey-Fitzgerald’s burrowing skink (Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi)
Skinks (Scincidae) are typically small lizards with smooth, shiny scales and elongate, cylindrical bodies, not usually exceeding 12…
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Brauer’s burrowing skink (Janetaescincus braueri)
Information on the Brauer’s burrowing skink is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.…
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Common sandfish (Scincus scincus)
Among the world’s most accomplished burrowers are a genus of desert-dwelling skinks (Scincus sp.) commonly known as the sandfish. As the…
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Kasner’s dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes kasneri)
While this peculiar reptile may look like a snake, it is actually a lizard. It lacks forelimbs but it does have tiny hindlimbs each bearing…
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Western spiny-tailed skink (Egernia stokesii badia)
The western spiny-tailed skink gains its Latin name from Admiral John Lort Stokes, an officer serving on the HMS Beagle during the time…
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Great desert skink (Egernia kintorei)
The great desert skink is a relatively large and robust lizard, with the rather cylindrical body, smooth scales and short limbs typical of…
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Ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus)
Named for the numerous black and white eyespots, or ‘ocelli’, on its back, the ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus) is a typical skink in…
