Grand skink (19/66)

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This grand skink has lost its tail and is beginning to grow a new one. This is a self-defense behaviour, called autotomy, which many lizards do to escape predators.

Scientific name: Oligosoma grande
Common names: grand skink
Location: Otago, New Zealand
Photo ID: 9566
Tags: autotomy, lizard, Nationally Endangered, Oligosoma grande, reptile, Reptilia, Scincidae, skink, Squamata
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