Chevron skink - close up of head
The chevron skink is one of New Zealand's rarest and most secretive lizards. It is listed as 'nationally vulnerable' under DOC's Threat Classification System.
Currently it is only known from Great and Little Barrier Islands. Fewer than 500 sightings have been reported since it was first described in 1906
Find out more about the elusive chevron skink.
Predation from introduced species is thought to be the greatest known threat facing the chevron skink.
Find out what DOC is doing to protect the chevron skink and its habitat.
Find out how you can get involved with chevron skink conservaton efforts.
The chevron skink is New Zealand's longest lizard, reaching over 30cm in length, yet its survival and very existence has remained a mystery for much of the last century.
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