. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 129 1980 Naultimis elegans elegans Robb. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Col- our: 61; pis. 11 (bottom left), 13 (top and middle). 1980 Naultinus elegans pentagonalis Robb. Ibid.: 62; pi. 13 (bottom). 1980 Naultinus elegans punctatus Robb & Hitchmough. Ree. Auckland Mus. 16: 193. Diagnosis: Generally three or four abdominal ribs; dorsal scalation homogeneous; scales on snout dome shaped; three or more postmental scales. (33-B, 78). Comments: Gray's descriptions (1842b, 1843) are too vague to be usefull. Girard (1857) presented a good redes
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 129 1980 Naultimis elegans elegans Robb. New Zealand Amphibians and Reptiles in Col- our: 61; pis. 11 (bottom left), 13 (top and middle). 1980 Naultinus elegans pentagonalis Robb. Ibid.: 62; pi. 13 (bottom). 1980 Naultinus elegans punctatus Robb & Hitchmough. Ree. Auckland Mus. 16: 193. Diagnosis: Generally three or four abdominal ribs; dorsal scalation homogeneous; scales on snout dome shaped; three or more postmental scales. (33-B, 78). Comments: Gray's descriptions (1842b, 1843) are too vague to be usefull. Girard (1857) presented a good redescription of N. punctatus. The great variety of color pat- terns exhibited by members of this species resulted in numerous new taxa as seen in the synonymy above. BuUer's (1871) sulphureus, in particular, has had a continued reap- pearance as amateur naturahsts have continued to accord specific rank to this color phase. Robb & Hitchmough (1980) recognized two subspecies, N. e. elegans and A^. e. punctatus, the former distributed from Dargaville and Whangarei south to the northern Bay of Plenty and northern Taranaki and the latter in the remaining southern parts of the North Island (Pickard & Towns 1988). Morphological differences are minor and in-. : a. Holotype of Naultinus elegans Gray, 1842. BMNH b. Floloiype of Naultinus punctatus Gxdiy, 1843 (= Naultinus elegans). BMNH (l^hoios couricsy of British Museum (Natural History)). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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