11003-64013 Green skink (Oligosoma chloronoton) a robust, heavily flecked, green-backed female eating fruit of porcupine shrub (Melicytus alpinus) - althought the species is primarily insectivorous. The green skink's range extends from Te Anau right across Southland to the Catlins coast and down to Tiwai Point. Hokonui Hills *
11003-64009 Green skink (Oligosoma chloronoton) a robust, heavily flecked, green-backed female eating small cockroach in porcupine shrub (Melicytus alpinus). The green skink's range extends from Te Anau right across Southland to the Catlins coast and down to Tiwai Point. Hokonui Hills *
11003-65007 Lakes skink (Oligosoma aff. chloronoton 'West Otago') this is a more gracile, green-backed skink (though sometimes brown), less heavily flecked form. The lake skink's range extends from south of the Pukaki River through the Lindis, and the Crown, and Pisa Ranges to the Eyre Mountains. Pukaki River *