Natural areas of Tutamoe Ecological District (3. Ecological character)
Natural areas of Tutamoe Ecological District (3. Ecological character)
Natural areas of Tutamoe Ecological District (3. Ecological character)
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O07/005. It has a distinctive colour pattern <strong>of</strong> dark blotches on a pink<br />
background. Individuals shelter under debris on the ground during the<br />
day, and are active on mossy tree trunks on humid nights.<br />
Charopidae sp. 12<br />
This undescribed species <strong>of</strong> Therasiella is known from a single site at<br />
Waioitemarama, western end <strong>of</strong> the Waima Range, part <strong>of</strong> O06/001.<br />
Charopidae sp. 8<br />
This undescribed charopid is known from a single site near the Kawerua<br />
Road, Waipoua Forest, part <strong>of</strong> O06/001.<br />
Charopidae sp. 13<br />
This undescribed species <strong>of</strong> Therasiella is known from a single site in<br />
high altitude forest at Hauturu, near the western end <strong>of</strong> the Waima Range,<br />
part <strong>of</strong> O06/001.<br />
Punctidae sp. 32<br />
This undescribed snail species is known from a single site in Waipoua<br />
Forest, part <strong>of</strong> O06/001.<br />
Punctidae sp. 33<br />
This undescribed snail species is known from a single site in Waipoua<br />
Forest, part <strong>of</strong> O06/001.<br />
Punctidae sp. 31<br />
This undescribed snail is known from a single site in high altitude forest at<br />
Hauturu, near the western end <strong>of</strong> the Waima Range, part <strong>of</strong> O06/001.<br />
Punctidae sp. 4<br />
This undescribed snail is known from a single site at Maunganui Bluff<br />
O07/009.<br />
<strong>3.</strong>4.5 Threatened lizard species<br />
Little is known <strong>of</strong> the lizard fauna from this <strong>Ecological</strong> <strong>District</strong>. Future<br />
lizard and frog surveys could reveal new exciting records as the <strong>Ecological</strong><br />
<strong>District</strong> contains the greatest contiguous unmodified tract <strong>of</strong> indigenous<br />
forest remaining in Northland, together with a full altitudinal sequence<br />
from sea level to Northland’s highest point.<br />
An extinct species <strong>of</strong> skink, Oligosoma gracilicorpus (narrow-bodied skink)<br />
is known from a single and bleached preserved museum specimen which<br />
was collected from the Hokianga <strong>District</strong> prior to 1955. This species is<br />
similar to the large endangered chevron skink (O. homalonotum) which<br />
is known only from Great and Little Barrier Islands. In 1979, an elderly<br />
gentleman landowner reported to the Wildlife Service about seeing large<br />
lizards on the flanks <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Tutamoe</strong> Range when he was a boy (around<br />
the early 1900s) and during WWII. When this report was followed up,<br />
the gentleman had passed away and the location <strong>of</strong> his sightings (possibly<br />
O. gracilicorpus) was lost (P. J. Anderson pers. comm.).<br />
PNAP reconnasance survey report<br />
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