New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-67022 Northern Spotted skink (Oligosoma kokowai) this individual is much darker and browner than normal. This widespread species, is often coloured red, or pinkish on the belly, hence the Maori name kōkōwai, referring to the colour on the ventral surface. Now becoming rarer throughout its range. Cable Bay, Nelson *

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11003-67022 Northern Spotted skink (Oligosoma kokowai) this individual is much darker and browner than normal. This widespread species, is often coloured red, or pinkish on the belly, hence the Maori name kōkōwai, referring to the colour on the ventral surface. Now becoming rarer throughout its range. Cable Bay, Nelson *

67022 spotted skink Oligosoma kokowai lineoocellatum brown back pinkish belly northern form Cable Bay Nelson dark morph