DSC_9917 Seaward Downs peripatus (Peripatoides 'Catlins') on moss covered podocarp 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. Seaward Downs, Southland *
DSC_2828 Waikaia Bush peripatus (Peripatoides 'Piano Flat') moving across moss covered beech trunk at night. This species is ovoviparous (live bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. Piano Flat, Waikaia Bush *
DSC_2816 Waikaia Bush peripatus (Peripatoides 'Piano Flat') two adults from same family group interacting on moss covered beech trunk at night. This species is ovoviparous (live bearing), and has 15 pairs of legs. Piano Flat, Waikaia Bush *