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DSC_6521 'Whirinaki skink' (Oligosoma 'Whirinaki') an elusive species related to (O. zealandicum), and known previously from video footage of a single speciman found in a clearing in Whirinaki forest in 2003. In June 2013 a very small population was located 350 km north of Whirinaki, near Whangarei. Active in sunlight forest clearings, these skinks have been seen climbing forest trees. Whangarei *
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