11003-22024 Barrier skink (Oligosoma judgei) was rediscovered in Fiordland in 2005 by rock climbers Bronwyn and Murray Judge. Here herpetologists Tony Jewell in foreground, and Trent Bell search for the skink, and alpine geckos on Barrier Knob, high in the Darren Range, Fiordland.
11003-58009 Barrier skink (Oligosoma judgei) robust, slow moving and predator naive. Discovered living 1600m asl by mountaineers Murray and Bronwyn Judge in 2005. These skinks live in such a harsh alpine environment that many have frost-bitten toes and tails! Adelaide Saddle, Darran Mountains *
11003-58006 Barrier skink (Oligosoma judgei) robust, slow moving and predator naive. Discovered living 1600m asl by mountaineers Murray and Bronwyn Judge in 2005. These skinks live in such a harsh alpine environment that many have frost-bitten toes and tails! Adelaide Saddle, Darran Mountains *
