New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-78003 Chevron skink, Niho taniwha (Oligosoma homalonatum) our largest skink, once thought extinct until a population was rediscovered on Great Barrier in the 1970's. The lone adult shown above was stumbled upon in 1990 on Little Barrier Island, thus extending the species modern range. Chevron skinks had an historical distribution that encompassed the northern North Island and its largest offshore islands. Now known only from Great Barrier, and Little Barrier Islands. It inhabits forests within a few metres of streams, hiding in crevices in banks and dams, or in arboreal retreats in large trees and tree fern crowns. Little Barrier Island *

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11003-78003 Chevron skink, Niho taniwha (Oligosoma homalonatum) our largest skink, once thought extinct until a population was rediscovered on Great Barrier in the 1970's. The lone adult shown above was stumbled upon in 1990 on Little Barrier Island, thus extending the species modern range. Chevron skinks had an historical distribution that encompassed the northern North Island and its largest offshore islands. Now known only from Great Barrier, and Little Barrier Islands. It inhabits forests within a few metres of streams, hiding in crevices in banks and dams, or in arboreal retreats in large trees and tree fern crowns. Little Barrier Island *

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