New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-66503 Marlborough spotted skink (Oligosoma elium) adult on rock in Hutton's Shearwater colony. Typically pale green (elium means olive in Greek) with a creamish dorsolateral stripe becoming less distinct at base of tail. Ventral surface occasionally pale pink. Seaward Kaikouras *

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11003-66503 Marlborough spotted skink (Oligosoma elium) adult on rock in Hutton's Shearwater colony. Typically pale green (elium means olive in Greek) with a creamish dorsolateral stripe becoming less distinct at base of tail. Ventral surface occasionally pale pink. Seaward Kaikouras *

66503 Kotingotingo skink spotted skink Oligosoma elium lineoocellatum South Marlborough adult Hutton's Shearwater colony Seaward Kaikouras