New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-70002 Taumaka skink (Oligosoma taumakae) related to the Fiordland skink (Oligosoma acrinasum). Described as an extremely rare 'endemic' confined to the Open Bay Islands, where it shares its habitat with a terrestrial leech (Hirudobdella antipodum) and an undescribed gecko ((Mokopirirakau aff. granulatus 'Open Bay Islands'). All three are more likely to represent remnant populations of species that were once widely distributed on the mainland. The skink was only reported in 1988. Taumaka Island, Haast *

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11003-70002 Taumaka skink (Oligosoma taumakae) related to the Fiordland skink (Oligosoma acrinasum). Described as an extremely rare 'endemic' confined to the Open Bay Islands, where it shares its habitat with a terrestrial leech (Hirudobdella antipodum) and an undescribed gecko ((Mokopirirakau aff. granulatus 'Open Bay Islands'). All three are more likely to represent remnant populations of species that were once widely distributed on the mainland. The skink was only reported in 1988. Taumaka Island, Haast *

Taumaka skink 70002 Open Bay islands Oligosoma taumakae Fiordland Haast