Sorry for the bad photo, can anyone identify what skink this is? Seen in Tauranga Bay, Farn north, February 2024. To me it looked like an ornate skink but I have seen those multiple times now and this doesn’t look quite the same, also some other skinks in the area (from memory) had red tail tips which I believe is a characteristic feature of copper skinks
Another little visitor to my son's room! Last time it was in his bed!
Found dead on the garden path, seems to have two head scales - can anyone confirm?
Many characteristic features of ornate skink, found under debris on heritage trail, Shakespear park. 3rd ornate skink i have ever seen and second at Shakespear park (also for reference this is a different individual to my last observation
Can someone please confirm this is an ornate skink? Found under a plank at the end of waterfall gully, Shakespear park, as of now the only native lizard I have ever seen there