Found on the beach at Waiheke Island. Sighting and photo credit to L. Guohley.
Badly decomposed. Found on the bank of the Pongakawa River about 500m upstream of Waihi Estuary. Carapace was about 30cm long.
Gecko at night
I was hoping this skink was native but zooming in on my photo, I think the head scale means it's a plague skink?
I have plague ones in my garden, unfortunately, but this one was some distance away in a firewood pile, inside a gap between the bark and wood of a log, found when relocating the wood pile
I've since found more of them hiding in the wood pile. No eggs at this stage
Tracking tunnel - Island should not have any mammals