. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . was only in. long. The Green Lizard.—Kakariki. Naultinus grayi. LTjDper surface green, sometimes with minute black dots. Lower surfaceyellowish white. Length, about six and a half inches, of which the tailoccupies more than one half. Xorth Island only. Common. The time of gestation of this lizard must be long, at least fiveand a half months, as a specimen kept by Sir. Colenso, which wascaught on December 29th, 1885, gave birth to two young oneson June 8th, 1886. These young ones were dead, and
. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . was only in. long. The Green Lizard.—Kakariki. Naultinus grayi. LTjDper surface green, sometimes with minute black dots. Lower surfaceyellowish white. Length, about six and a half inches, of which the tailoccupies more than one half. Xorth Island only. Common. The time of gestation of this lizard must be long, at least fiveand a half months, as a specimen kept by Sir. Colenso, which wascaught on December 29th, 1885, gave birth to two young oneson June 8th, 1886. These young ones were dead, and each waswrapped in a semi-transparent membrane, showing that the birthwas premature. They measured about three-quarters of an inchin length, and were green on the back, shaded off in spots tolighter green, and almost to white in some of the little knobs andslight hollows. The mother was entirely green, and was sixinches and a half in length. A yellow variety has been found THE ROUGH LIZARD 373 at Maketii, Taranaki. and the Kaipara. The young of this varietyare green on the Green Lizard. The Rough Lizard. Naultimis rudis. Head and back covered with small granular scales, intermixed on thesides with large, roundish, flat or keeled, tubercles. Greenish grey above,,with irregular longitudinal and transverse purplish bands on the light grey beneath. Length, 5% inches, of which the tail occupiesmore than half. Very rare. Genus dilated at the base, suddenly narrowed, the narrow portionforming an angle with the basal portion; series of transverselamella? under the latter. Colour brown. India and NewZealand. 374 THE ANIMALS OP NEW ZEALAND Very little is known about the domestic economy of the browngeckos. They are nocturnal in habits, and hide under stones orthe bark of trees in the daytime. Key to the Species. 1. Compressed portion of the toe I of the whole. D. portion of the toe g of the whole. 2 2. Toes webbed at the base.
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