New Zealand Frogs & Reptiles

11003-69014 Newman's speckled skink (Oligosoma newmani) medium to large endemic skinks from central New Zealand which inhabit dense vegetated grassland, fernland and shrubland below 900m. There are also seven undescribed taxa within this species complex. This adult from Nelson Lakes has a characteristic pinkish orange underside. St Arnaud *

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11003-69014 Newman's speckled skink (Oligosoma newmani) medium to large endemic skinks from central New Zealand which inhabit dense vegetated grassland, fernland and shrubland below 900m. There are also seven undescribed taxa within this species complex. This adult from Nelson Lakes has a characteristic pinkish orange underside. St Arnaud *

Newman's Speckled skink 69014 Oligosoma newmani infrapunctatum Nelson Lakes St Arnaud