Family Scincidae Order Scaled reptiles | Class Reptilia Phylum Chordata Rank Species | |
Similar Oligosoma, Oligosoma notosaurus, Fiordland skink, Falla's skink, Scree skink | ||
Green skinks free from threat of predators
Distribution
Green skinks can be found in the Waitaki Basin in Canterbury, as well as in Southland, Stewart Island and a few islands off Stewart Island.
Conservation status
As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the green skink as At Risk Gradual Decline under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
References
Green skink Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA