I'm used to seeing the golden belly skinks around Auckland but this is near the bush in Whangarei. Is this a different species?
Helping me to pot up some seedlings! Returned to the garden safe and sound and to their family. Have lots of skinks running around 🤗
Eleanor Bissell brought this dead skink to the working bee at Travis Wetland. Her cat brought it in to her house at Huntsbury Avenue. The skink has a divided scale pattern on the head. Maybe a common skink (Oligosoma aff polychromae) / NZ Grass skink?
Back in this bush thanks to 1080 drop in Charleston Forest end of October 2017.