DSC_9935 Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) western form, subadult. The largest lizard species remaining on mainland New Zealand. Now confined to mid-altitude tussock and shrubland in the eastern South Island, where they are diurnal, obligate sun-baskers. Central Otago *
DSC_9953 Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) western form, subadult. The largest lizard species remaining on mainland New Zealand. Now confined to mid-altitude tussock and shrubland in the eastern South Island, where they are diurnal, obligate sun-baskers. Central Otago *
DSC_9943 Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) western form, juvenile. The largest lizard species remaining on mainland New Zealand. Now confined to mid-altitude tussock and shrubland in the eastern South Island, where they are diurnal, obligate sun-baskers. Central Otago *
