Kapitia skink processing MRD 03

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Description: English: Skink tail tips in alcohol, from reptile specialists from the Department of Conservation processing and photographing Kapitia skinks (Oligosoma salmo), Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand. The Kapitia or Chesterfield skink is a critically endangered lizard (numbering just a few hundred individuals) found along a narrow 1 km stretch of coastal vegetation north of Hokitika. DOC biodiversity officers regularly catch skinks, collect their tail tips for DNA recovery, measure, and photograph them. Individuals have unique scale patterns and can be matched against a book of photographs to be identified. Each skink is temporarily labelled with white paint and released again. Date: 15 April 2021, 10:46:32. Source: Own work. Author: Mike Dickison . . Description: New Zealand scientist, Wikimedian in Residence, curator, zoologist and Wikimedian in Residence. Location of birth: Christchurch. Authority control: : Q56458901 VIAF: 39207814 ISNI: 0000 0000 5138 4113 ORCID: 0000-0003-1183-2550 ResearcherID: AAC-1488-2020[does not match ^[A-Z]%-%d%d%d%d%-[12][90]%d%d$ pattern] LCCN: no2008181932 WorldCat. creator QS:P170,Q56458901. Camera location42° 44′ 29.92″ S, 170° 59′ 32.75″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-42.741644; 170.992431.