Skink & Gecko - Norfolk Island 1996

Norfolk Island Post has collaborated with the WWF organization issued the stamp series features Skink and Gecko on February 6, 1996. Also the official FDC issued by Norfolk Island Post on the same date. The Official FDC as the local WWF cover have special post marked.

Skink Pseudemoia lichenigera is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found on Australia's Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.As a family Skinks are cosmopolitan; species occur in a variety of habitats worldwide, apart from boreal and polar regions. Various species occur in ecosystems ranging from deserts and mountains to grasslands.Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. 

Gecko Christinus guentheri is a species of lizard in the Gekkonidae (gecko) family, which can grow to 12cm in length is native to both lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. The gecko can grow to 12cm long. Gecko Christinus guentheri is nocturnal, and during the day hides in tree cracks and palm crowns. The introduced rats Rattus rattus prey upon the native geckos, and they are not as common on the main lord Howe island as they once used to be. The first description of the species was by Boulenger, in 1885, as Phyllodactylus guentheri.It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.