DSC_1094 Alpine rock skink (Oligosoma aff. waimatense 'alpine rock') typical scree habitat in the Hawkdun Range. *
DSC_1175 Alpine rock skink (Oligosoma aff. waimatense 'alpine rock') underside. A large new skink species inhabiting screes at very high altitudes in north Otago. Hawkdun Range, Oteake Conservation Park *
11003-59106 Grand skink (Oligosoma grande) 'eastern form' basking on snow-covered outcrop in winter. A large handsome, fast moving and alert species of the upland tussock grasslands of the eastern South Island. This species is now nationally endangered. Pastoral burning of native vegetation, and heavy predation by mustelids and cats has greatly reduced its range and population. Macraes Flat *
