livingart Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emaytiti Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Awesome been trying to get some Of them for years lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyfish Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 2nd one looks like a moko? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herperjosh Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Look very nice. What are you going to do with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 ooh what a little fatty he is :love: (THE SKINK) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 ooh what a little fatty he is :love: (THE SKINK) she don't ever go to a skink singles night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 ooo-oooh lookin' for love in all the wrong places..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarchalot Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarchalot Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I believe you are right lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 we are trying to establish a more certain ID as they are usually not found in this environ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrarchalot Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nznatives Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 don't believe so there are rainbows present there as well they shine in the sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nznatives Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 well i cant think of any other nz skink that has blue on is tail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Had to laugh - I saw "partial shed or near shed" and thought "You mean a car port?" :facepalm: :slfg: I know - :smot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 :slfg: ready to shed better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 At least you don't have to park the car in a slough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 may be of interest http://forum.reptiles.org.nz/showthread.php?tid=5141 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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