Brown skink facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Brown skink
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Oligosoma
Species:	zelandicum
Distribution
Synonyms
Leiolopisma zelandica Leiolopisma zelandicum Lygosoma zelandica Mocoa zelandica Tiliqua zelandica

The brown skink (Oligosoma zelandicum) is a species of skink native to New Zealand.

Distribution

The brown skink is relatively numerous and is found from Taranaki to Wellington in the North Island and in the Marlborough Sounds, Nelson and Westland in the South Island.

Conservation status

The brown skink is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2010. In 2012 the Department of Conservation classified the brown skink as At Risk Declining under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.