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Kaiwhekea (475 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kaiwhekea ([ˌkaiˈfɛkɛa]) is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) of what is now New Zealand. The holotype was discovered

Tuarangisaurus (820 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tuarangisaurus (Māori: tuarangi "ancient" + Greek: σαῦρος, romanized: sauros "lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from New Zealand. The

Auckland green gecko (242 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Auckland green gecko (Naultinus elegans) is a species of gecko found only in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand, except north of

Otago skink (911 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Otago skink (Oligosoma otagense) is a rare, endangered species of large skink in the family Scincidae, found in the rocky canyons and grassy patches

Forest gecko (295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The forest gecko (Mokopirirakau granulatus) is a species of gecko that is endemic to New Zealand. Granulatus refers to the granular texture of the skin

Gigarcanum (1,169 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gigarcanum delcourti, formerly Hoplodactylus delcourti, is an extinct species of gecko in the family Diplodactylidae. It is the largest known of all geckos

Duvaucel's gecko (899 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Duvaucel's gecko (Hoplodactylus duvaucelii) is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. H. duvaucelii

Marbled skink (205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The marbled skink (Oligosoma oliveri) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. The specific name, oliveri

Whitaker's skink (484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Whitaker's skink (Oligosoma whitakeri), also known commonly as Whitaker's New Zealand skink, is an endangered species of skink, a lizard in the family

Grand skink (346 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The grand skink (Oligosoma grande) is an endangered species of large skink endemic to the central Otago region of New Zealand. Grand skinks are relatively

Wellington green gecko (393 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Wellington green gecko (Naultinus punctatus) is a species of gecko found only in the southern half of the North Island of New Zealand. It was previously

Falla's skink (302 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Falla's skink (Oligosoma fallai), also known commonly as the Three Kings skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to

Oligosoma homalonotum (823 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The chevron skink (Oligosoma homalonotum) (Māori: niho taniwha), is a large species of skink endemic to New Zealand, found only on Great and Little Barrier

New Zealand striped skink (210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The New Zealand striped skink (Oligosoma striatum) is a rare species of medium-sized skink endemic to New Zealand. The specific epithet means "streaked"

Macgregor's skink (282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

McGregor's skink (Oligosoma macgregori) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. The specific name, macgregori

Northland skink (96 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Northland skink (Oligosoma northlandi) is an extinct species of skink which was endemic to the Northland Region of North Island, New Zealand. It is

List of geckos of New Zealand (939 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dozens of species of gecko are found in New Zealand. The exact number is unknown; as of 2021, there are 48 described species across 7 genera, with more

Oligosoma suteri (458 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

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

West Coast green gecko (525 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The West Coast green gecko (Naultinus tuberculatus) is a species of the family Gekkonidae (gecko). This species was originally placed in the genus Heteropholis

Black-eyed gecko (721 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The black-eyed gecko (Mokopirirakau kahutarae), also known commonly as Whitaker's sticky-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae

Fiordland skink (182 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Fiordland skink (Oligosoma acrinasum) is a species of skink endemic to the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion of South Island, New Zealand. The

Gold-striped gecko (327 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The gold-striped gecko, gold-stripe gecko, or golden sticky-toed gecko (Woodworthia chrysosiretica) is a species of gecko in the family Diplodactylidae

Oligosoma polychroma (195 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The common skink (Oligosoma polychroma), also known as the northern grass skink, is a species of skink native to New Zealand. Although historically classified

Takitimu gecko (134 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Takitimu gecko (Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus) is a species of gecko in the family Diplodactylidae found in the Southland region of New Zealand. It is

Scree skink (189 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The scree skink (Oligosoma waimatense) is a species of skink native to several sites throughout the South Island of New Zealand. A member of the family

Cobble skink (721 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The cobble skink (Oligosoma aff. infrapunctatum "cobble") in the family Scincidae is a skink species endemic to New Zealand, found only on a single small

Toropuku inexpectatus (106 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Toropuku inexpectatus, the northern striped gecko, is a viviparous species of gecko found on the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. Toropuku inexpectatus

Rough gecko (191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The rough gecko (Naultinus rudis) is a species of gecko in the family Gekkonidae native to New Zealand. It is endemic to the Kaikōura Ranges. As of 2012

Small-scaled skink (197 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The small-scaled skink (Oligosoma microlepis) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The first specimen was captured in 1971 on Motutaiko Island

White-bellied skink (42 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The white-bellied skink (Oligosoma hoparatea) is a species of skink found in the South Island of New Zealand. "White-bellied skink". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved

Stephen's Island gecko (664 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Stephen's Island gecko (Toropuku stephensi), also known commonly as the Cook Strait striped gecko, Stephen's sticky-toed gecko, and the striped gecko

Woodworthia maculata (1,219 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Woodworthia maculata, also known as the New Zealand common gecko or Raukawa gecko, is a species in the family Diplodactylidae. The specific name maculata

Oligosoma infrapunctatum (335 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma infrapunctatum, the speckled skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The speckled skink is classified

Nelson green gecko (237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Nelson green gecko or starred gecko (Naultinus stellatus) is a species of the family Gekkonidae (gecko). The neotype is in the collection of the Museum

Copper skink (1,175 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The copper skink (Oligosoma aeneum) is a skink of the family Scincidae that is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. The number of skink species

Mokohinau skink (268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Mokohinau skink (Oligosoma townsi), also known commonly as Towns' skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to

Oligosoma taumakae (422 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma taumakae, the Open Bay Island(s) skink, or Taumaka skink, is a species of skink. It was described from the Open Bay Islands, off the west coast

Small-eared skink (68 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The small-eared skink (Oligosoma stenotis) is found only on Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand. It was first described in 1994 by Geoff Patterson and

Burgan skink (362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

20 July 2015. "Oligosoma burganae". Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of New Zealand. The Department of Conservation. Retrieved 20 July 2015. Wikispecies

Moko skink (410 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The moko skink (Oligosoma moco) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae (skinks) that is endemic to New Zealand. Moko is the Māori word for lizards

Slight skink (269 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The slight skink (Oligosoma levidensum) is a skink of the family Scincidae, endemic to the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. The precise distribution

Brown skink (204 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The brown skink (Oligosoma zelandicum) is a species of skink native to New Zealand. The brown skink is relatively numerous and is found from Taranaki to

Oligosoma newmani (29 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Newman's speckled skink (Oligosoma newmani) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Oligosoma newmani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed

Ornate skink (333 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The ornate skink, Oligosoma ornatum, is a rare species of skink endemic to New Zealand. This species was once widespread through much of the North Island

Northland green gecko (686 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Northland green gecko (Naultinus grayii), also known commonly as Gray's tree gecko is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is

Long-toed skink (216 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The long-toed skink (Oligosoma longipes) is a species of skink of the family Scincidae, endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Geoff Patterson

Cupola gecko (335 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Cupola gecko (Mokopirirakau "cupola") is a species of gecko. Cupola is not its official scientific name; it is yet to be authorised as a separate species

Barrier skink (383 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Barrier skink (Oligosoma judgei) is a species of medium-sized skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand, where

Cryptic skink (251 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. As of 2012 the Department of Conservation

Oligosoma notosaurus (197 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The southern skink (Oligosoma notosaurus) is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is only known to inhabit

Green skink (158 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The green skink (Oligosoma chloronoton) is a species of skink native to New Zealand. Green skinks can be found in the Waitaki Basin in Canterbury, as well

Cloudy gecko (116 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The cloudy gecko (Mokopirirakau nebulosus) is a species of gecko that is endemic to New Zealand. It is found on Stewart Island and outlying islands. It

Aupouri green gecko (239 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Aupōuri green gecko (Naultinus flavirictus), also known as the North Cape green gecko or yellow-lipped green gecko, is a species of gecko in the family

Hardy's skink (444 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hardy's skink (Oligosoma hardyi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Poor Knights Islands of New Zealand

Oligosoma smithi (403 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma smithi, commonly known as the shore skink, short-tailed skink, Smith's ground skink, Smith's moco, and Smith's skink, is a species of lizard

Oligosoma nigriplantare (432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma nigriplantare, the Chatham Islands skink, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is the sole reptile species found on the Chatham

Oligosoma albornense (932 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Alborn skink (Oligosoma albornense) is a critically endangered and poorly known species of skink only found in a single 2 ha site near Reefton, New

Jewelled gecko (1,577 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The jewelled gecko (Naultinus gemmeus) is a threatened species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to the South Island of New

Canterbury spotted skink (98 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Canterbury spotted skink is one of a species complex of several related spotted skink species from New Zealand. Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink

Oligosoma auroraense (34 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hawke's Bay skink or eastern speckled skink (Oligosoma auroraense) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Oligosoma auroraense at the Reptarium

Marlborough green gecko (255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Marlborough green gecko, also known as the manuka gecko,(Naultinus manukanus) is a small species of gecko endemic to New Zealand. It grows to a maximum

Sinbad skink (628 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Sinbad skink (Oligosoma pikitanga) is a rare species of medium-sized skink endemic to New Zealand where it lives in an alpine habitat in Sinbad Gully

Oligosoma pachysomaticum (29 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Coromandel skink (Oligosoma pachysomaticum) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Oligosoma pachysomaticum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Oligosoma roimata (357 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Aorangi skink (Oligosoma roimata) is a species of lizards in the skink family. The species is native to New Zealand. In New Zealand O. roimata is endemic

Oligosoma salmo (1,985 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Chesterfield or Kapitia skink (Oligosoma salmo) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Only discovered in 1994 and for years not recognised as

Taniwhasaurus (6,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Richard Owen, who was the first to describe the Mesozoic marine reptiles of New Zealand. In his article, Hector describes several skeletal remains which

Oligosoma kokowai (30 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma kokowai, the northern spotted skink, is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Oligosoma kokowai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed

Westport skink (433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Westport skink (Oligosoma aff. infrapunctatum "Westport") is an undescribed species of lizard in the family Scincidae (skinks) known from just a single

Te Kakahu skink (934 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Te Kakahu skink (Oligosoma tekakahu) is a critically endangered species of skink native to New Zealand. When discovered, the entire species was inhabiting

Nevis skink (200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Nevis skink (Oligosoma toka) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. It is named in honour of the location of its habitat

Hokitika skink (450 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hokitika skink (Oligosoma aff. infrapunctatum "Hokitika") is a poorly-known and critically-endangered species of lizard in the family Scincidae (skinks)

Mokopirirakau galaxias (146 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mokopirirakau galaxias is a species of gecko in the family Diplodactylidae found in New Zealand. This gecko is endemic to New Zealand, and its Māori name

Oligosoma kahurangi (26 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma kahurangi is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Oligosoma kahurangi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2021. v

Eyres skink (162 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Eyres skink (Oligosoma repens) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. It is named in honour of the location of its habitat

Oligosoma ornatum (62 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gray's ornate skink (Oligosoma ornatum) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Lettink, M. (2019). "Oligosoma ornatum"

Oligosoma prasinum (64 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Mackenzie skink (Oligosoma prasinum) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Hitchmough, R.; van Winkel, D.; Chapple, D.; Lettink, M. (2019). "Oligosoma

Oligosoma elium (65 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Marlborough spotted skink (Oligosoma elium) is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Hitchmough, R.; Lettink, M.; van Winkel, D.; Chapple, D. (2019)

Robust skink (2,180 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma alani, (formerly Cyclodina alani), also known as the robust skink is the largest endemic skink to New Zealand. The robust skink is in the family

Oligosoma kakerakau (26 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma kakerakau is a species of skink found in New Zealand. Oligosoma kakerakau at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 September 2021. v

McCann's skink (2,031 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The McCann's skink (Oligosoma maccanni) is a species of skink native to New Zealand. Oligosoma maccanni can be identified due to their physical features

Oligosoma awakopaka (237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oligosoma awakopaka, the Awakopaka skink, is a rare species of skink (alpine lizard) found in New Zealand. It can reach a snout-vent-length (SVL) of up

Hoplodactylus tohu (85 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hoplodactylus tohu, the Tohu gecko (Māori: mokomoko a Tohu), is a species of lizard of the family Diplodactylidae. The lizard is found in the Marlborough

Canterbury gecko (3,609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Canterbury gecko (Woodworthia brunnea) is a gecko found in the South Island of New Zealand. It is also known by the Māori names Waitaha gecko and Moko-pāpā

Korowai gecko (716 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The korowai gecko (Woodworthia korowai), also known as the Muriwai gecko, is a gecko found on the west coast of the Auckland Region of New Zealand. First

Mauisaurus (1,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1–69. Welles, S. P.; Gregg, D.R. (1971). "Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 9: 1–111. Hiller, N.; Mannering

Lammermoor Range (172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

been found. "Oligosoma burganae". Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of New Zealand. The Department of Conservation. Retrieved 20 July 2015. 45°36′S

Marieke Lettink (302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a council member of the Society for Research of Amphibians and Reptiles of New Zealand (SRARNZ), and the Canterbury representative to the New Zealand

The Catlins (6,728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hoplodactylus "Southern Forest", Electronic Atlas of the amphibians & reptiles of New Zealand. Department of Conservation. Retrieved 31 January 2011. "Nuggets

List of mosasaur-bearing stratigraphic units (3,804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Zealand 6:333-358 S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111 B. P. Kear, J. A.