DSC_5141 Mt Peel peripatus (Peripatoides 'Dunedin') this species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It is widespread through a range of habitat, from forests and urban areas (including tip sites) in Dunedin, through the tussock grasslands of Danseys Pass to its northern limits in the mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests of Peel Forest. Peel Forest *
DSC_2795 Waipori Gorge peripatus (Peripatoides 'Catlins') adult on moss covered silver beech trunk at night. The species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It occurs through a range of mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests and remnants from the Catlins Coast inland through northern Southland to Gore. Waipori Gorge *
DSC_0086 Blue Mountains peripatus (Peripatoides 'Catlins') on silver beech trunk at night. The species is ovoviparous (live-bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. It occurs through a range of mixed broadleaf/podocarp forests and remnants from the coast, inland through northern Southland to Gore. Blue Mountains, Southland *
