Common New Zealand Skink
Oligosoma polychroma
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusOligosoma (New Zealand skinks)
- SpeciesOligosoma polychroma (Common New Zealand Skink)
Closest Relatives at Arthur's Pass National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur's Pass National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 2 | Aoraki Mount Cook National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 3 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 4 | Abel Tasman National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 5 | Rakiura National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | |
| 6 | Tongariro National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common New Zealand Skink in Arthur's Pass National Park?
About 24% of visitor-days record a Common New Zealand Skink sighting in Arthur's Pass National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common New Zealand Skink in Arthur's Pass National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Common New Zealand Skink in Arthur's Pass National Park in our monthly data.