New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

DSC_6918 Southern grass skink (Oligosoma aff. polychroma Clade 5) adult female dark striped morph in tussock. Abundant and conspicuous among rocks or under dense low vegetation. Prefers damper, and more densely vegetated sites than McCann's skink. Broad Bay, Otago Peninsula *

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