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Egg-laying Skink
Oligosoma suteri
Oligosoma suteri, known commonly as Suter's skink, the black shore skink, the egg-laying skink, and Suter's ground skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand, found in fragmented populations on the mainland of the Coromandel Peninsula as far south as the Coromandel Peninsula, and on offshore northern islands of New Zealand.
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Description
O. suteri has a snout–vent length of up to 126 mm (5.0 in). The species has glossy scales, a long snout, and a prominent brow. The species is typically brown or grey, marked with irregularly shaped blotches of black, gold or brown. Individuals of species are highly variable in colour and pattern. Juveniles of the species can be mistake for O. smithi, but can be identified by O. suteri having glossier scales and prominent brows.
Range & habitat
O. suteri lives in fragmented populations on the mainland of the North Island and northern offshore islands, from North Cape to the Coromandel Peninsula. The species is found in island groups from the Three Kings Islands to the Alderman Islands, at latitudes north of 37°S. The species typically lives in the splash zone of rocky beaches.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 37856.