Task description:Today for our Te Whare Tapa wha we did taha tinana and we had to do 3 sports in sign language so i did Rugby, soccer, and basketball
Common name Chesterfield Skinks
Scientific Name Oligosoma salmon
Status: e.g at risk of extinction:they have a possible chance of living
because there may be less than 200 but there are most likely more than 100
so when they breed obviously more of their kind will be born and as long as no
predators get to them they should be fine because there small and hard to find.
Physical description:A Chesterfield skinks is a small lizard and has a very long tail
there like little snakes with legs they have a bit pattern on them as well most of
them look different to each other by that i mean they have different colours to each other
and they can all blend in with their surroundings
So it makes it harder for predator’s to find them the other reason
being that they are also 56 different species and they live in different areas.
Habitat (Location):west coast, Auckland New Zealand
Diet: it eats a small range of bugs or fruits like spiders, millipedes, crickets, termites, grasshoppers,
caterpillars, beetles, and beetle larvae. They may also consume snails, as well as small vertebrates
including frogs, smaller lizards, and newborn mice,slugs, cockroaches and Most skinks are active
during the day and prefer hanging out on the ground rather than climbing trees.
Reproduction cycle: Skinks give birth to live babies instead of eggs and they also give
birth from 3-4 babies every 2 years
Reasons for species are endangered: habitat loss,predators eating them, and human impact
Conservation measures (what is being done to protect this species):an intensive
and bait network within the fence will protect skinks from the occasional predator incursion.
Future outlook:they may not go extinct for a while as long as two things happen.
They find more places to hide and reducing numbers of predatory mammals
then the chesterfield skinks should not go extinct for a while.
Fun Facts (Maximum of 3)Skinks live for 2-3 years, Skinks are known as a cryptic species,
There are 56 different species of skinks.
Task discription: Room 2 literacy have been learning about the 10 most endangered animals in New Zealand
and we had to wright a report on them and i picked the chesterfield skink.
L. Loyal 1. I am loyal to my friends and family
E. Eager 2. I am quite eager
N. Negotiable 3. I am very Negotiable
N. Nice 4. I am a nice person
O. Optimistic 5. I am quite optimistic
X. Xenodochial 6. I can be very Xenodochial
Nice 4. I am a nice person
6. I can be very Xenodochial