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The Call of the Lizard Hunter

Department of Conservation —  17/03/2020

A crack team of lizard experts have been searching for the ‘Data Deficient’ Cupola gecko in the hills of the Nelson Lakes National Park.

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Scree skinks, what happens over ten years?

Department of Conservation —  17/12/2019

We’ve been studying scree skink ecology and the impacts of predators. However, two years into the study, a devastating flood nearly wiped the population out.

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Fiordland skink – what do we know about the species?

Department of Conservation —  02/08/2019

There’s scant information about many of New Zealand’s lizards, but for the Fiordland skink we seem to know quite a bit — but do we really?

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