21 Sep 2020

The secretive lives of reptiles

From Afternoons, 2:35 pm on 21 September 2020

Ecologist and herpetologist Dylan Van Winkel joins Jesse to chat about the hunt for the 'plague skink', the Aussie rainbow skink that is taking over New Zealand. Also the hunt for skinks and geckos so rare, they have only fleetingly been spotted.

Elegant gecko with flower.

Elegant gecko

Muriwai gecko

rainbow-skink

Plague skink and eggs

Cupola gecko - image: Roger Waddell

Black eyed gecko

Coromandel striped gecko

Close-up of North Island green gecko

North Island green gecko on foliage.

Duvaucels gecko

Harlequin gecko

Fiordland skink

North Island green gecko

Elegant gecko suspended by tail

Forest gecko

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