11003-81017 Tatahi skink (Oligosoma aff. smithi ‘Three Kings, Te Paki, Western Northland’) occurs on the west coast of the North Island north of Muriwai Beach, including around the top of Aupouri Peninsula and on the Three Kings Islands. Found on or near the shoreline, in open habitats with driftwood, rocks, mat-forming vegetation, or piles of seaweed. Spirits Bay, North Cape *
11003-81013 Tatahi skink (Oligosoma aff. smithi ‘Three Kings, Te Paki, Western Northland’) occurs on the west coast of the North Island north of Muriwai Beach, including around the top of Aupouri Peninsula and on the Three Kings Islands. Found on or near the shoreline, in open habitats with driftwood, rocks, mat-forming vegetation, or piles of seaweed. Spirits Bay, North Cape *
11003-82011 Small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis) an interesting inland relative of the Shore skink (Oligosoma smithi). Restricted to the Maowhango, Rangitikei, and Taruarau River catchments, where it inhabits boulder river beds and rock piles. In the Pliocene about 4 mya, the southern coastline of the North Island would have been located in this region. The skink is thought to have evolved from Shore skink ancestors of that time. Otupae, Taruarau River *
