New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

DSC_1140 Rockhopper skink (Oligosoma as its name suggests this is very active and agile skink in the warm sun. Mid-brown in colour with elegant thin, smooth edged stripes along dorsal edge. Lives along margins of alpine screes, and especially among rocks with Dracophyllum pronum. Hawkdun Range *

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DSC_1140 Rockhopper skink (Oligosoma as its name suggests this is very active and agile skink in the warm sun. Mid-brown in colour with elegant thin, smooth edged stripes along dorsal edge. Lives along margins of alpine screes, and especially among rocks with Dracophyllum pronum. Hawkdun Range *

DSC 1140 Rockhopper skink Oligosoma agile skink rocks Dracophyllum pronum Hawkdun Range