#1830 · 🦎 reptiles

New Zealand Grass Skink

Oligosoma polychroma

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jon Sullivan · CC BY 4.0
2. © dianecowan · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pierrick Bl · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Aalbert Rebergen · CC BY 4.0
5. © Christopher Stephens · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. McLeans Island, Christchurch, New Zealand:© Joseph Knight · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Marshs Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ:© LT · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Long Bay, New Zealand:© Jennifer Gillette · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 21 Seafront Rd, Castlecliff, Whanganui 4501, New Zealand:© graham9a · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Waikouaiti, New Zealand:© Aalbert Rebergen · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The common skink , Oligosoma polychroma , is a species of skink native to New Zealand. Although historically classified as a subspecies of Oligosoma nigriplantare , it is likely to be given separate species status as data suggests it is a distinct species.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,587iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,587 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Daugherty in 1990 (36 years ago).