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Copper Skink

Oligosoma aeneum

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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 47, February 54, March 38, April 49, May 40, June 52, July 48, August 49, September 46, October 36, November 41, December 51.
New Zealand551
Auckland Region207
Wellington Region145
Waikato Region77
Taranaki Region47
Northland Region33
Bay of Plenty Region30
Gisborne Region8
Manawatu-Wanganui Region4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilySkinks · Scincidae
GenusNew Zealand Skinks · Oligosoma

Sources

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Practise Copper Skink with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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