Awesome been trying to get some

Of them for years lol

my cat brings in atleast 1 a day they are every were here poor lil thing come of second best with the lawn mower az well

2nd one looks like a moko?

2nd one looks like a moko?

good spotting repto

was waiting for it

4 of them found when they demolished an overgrown garden down at the historic village

managed to get them to stop demolishing any further

Look very nice. What are you going to do with them?

ooh what a little fatty he is :love: (THE SKINK)

ooh what a little fatty he is :love: (THE SKINK)

she

don't ever go to a skink singles night

ooo-oooh lookin' for love in all the wrong places.....

As i understand,these Skink are endemic to New Zealand so therefore arnt they protected so it is illegal to touch that garden now? However i could be wrong

As i understand,these Skink are endemic to New Zealand so therefore arnt they protected so it is illegal to touch that garden now? However i could be wrong

Judging from it being Livingart and the glass in one of the pictures I'm reasonably confident that he has kidnapped them from the wild and imprisoned them in some kind of tank or terrarium so they are no longer in a garden.

I believe you are right lol.

we are trying to establish a more certain ID as they are usually not found in this environ

I dont know if this could help you in your search to i.d them

http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/reptiles-and-frogs/reptiles-and-frogs-distribution-information/atlas-of-the-amphibians-and-reptiles-of-nz/electronic-atlas/Post.aspx

Try the moko Skink was looking around on google images and they look very alike

Isnt the first one a rainbow skink from australia which is on the unwanted organisms list for new zealand? Still cool to look at though

don't believe so

there are rainbows present there as well

they shine in the sun

well i cant think of any other nz skink that has blue on is tail

partial shed or near shed may make it look blue

coppers and rainbows come in a variety of shades, freckles and colours

as i understand it the only sure way of telling rainbow skinks from copper skinks is by looking at the head scales, the copper skink has two smaller scales in the centre while the rainbow skink has single large scale in the centre

Had to laugh - I saw "partial shed or near shed" and thought "You mean a car port?" :facepalm: :slfg:

I know - :smot:

:slfg:

ready to shed

better?

Had to laugh - I saw "partial shed or near shed" and thought "You mean a car port?" :facepalm: :slfg:

I know - :smot:

where's the large wet trout

/me ducks and runs

At least you don't have to park the car in a slough

may be of interest http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5141