{"id":440,"date":"2011-12-31T16:05:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-31T03:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/?p=440"},"modified":"2017-01-05T18:39:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T06:39:24","slug":"marlborough-mini-gecko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/2011\/marlborough-mini-gecko\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlborough mini gecko"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" lt=\"Common skink\" title=\"Common skink (Oligosoma polychroma).\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/images\/common-skink-15893.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A close-up photo of a common skink. Taken with a Canon 1D Mark IV, EF100mm f\/2.8 Macro USM, 1\/160 s exposure at f11, ISO 1250, flash held off camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Marlborough Region is rich with lizard species, and I managed to catch up with a couple of them this past spring while staying with friends on their high country station.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/gallery\/index.php\/category\/common-skink\" title=\"common skink photos\">common skink<\/a> is a widespread species, found through much of New Zealand from about the middle of the North Island south, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/gallery\/index.php\/category\/marlborough-mini-gecko\" title=\"Marlborough mini gecko photos\">Marlborough mini gecko<\/a> is endemic to the region.<\/p>\n<p> The Marlborough mini is a small brown gecko, and like many of our native lizards it has not yet been formally described as a species. Many of our skinks and geckos are very similar in appearance, and the true diversity of our lizards is still being unravelled.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" alt=\"Marlborough mini gecko\" title=\"Marlborough mini gecko (Woodworthia sp. 'Marlborough mini').\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/images\/marlborough-mini-gecko-15934.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A Marlborough mini gecko crawling over moss and lichen covered rocks. Taken with a Canon 1D Mark IV, EF100mm f\/2.8 Macro USM, 1\/60 s at f9, ISO 1000, flash held off camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I was a little unprepared when I found these lizards (the joys of flying and luggage restrictions), and didn&#8217;t have with me some of the gear that I&#8217;d normally use in that situation. Still, I managed to improvise and make a few photos that I think were worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"figure float-xs-left\"><a href=\"\/new\/2011\/marlborough-mini-gecko\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img blog-thumb\" alt=\"Marlborough mini gecko\" title=\"Marlborough mini gecko\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/images\/marlborough-mini-gecko.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Marlborough mini gecko\u2014another new species of lizard added to the gallery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[32,33,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neilfitzgeraldphoto.co.nz\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}