New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

DSC_6999 Southern grass skink (Oligosoma aff. polychroma Clade 5) detail of head of gravid female, dark striped morph in tussock. Abundant and conspicuous among rocks or under dense low vegetation. Prefers damper, and more densely vegetated sites than McCann's skink. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

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DSC_6999 Southern grass skink (Oligosoma aff. polychroma Clade 5) detail of head of gravid female, dark striped morph in tussock. Abundant and conspicuous among rocks or under dense low vegetation. Prefers damper, and more densely vegetated sites than McCann's skink. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

DSC 6999 Southern grass common skink oligosoma polychroma adult dark female gravid tussock striped morph otago peninsula