Lucas and Frost. — On Nezu Zealand Lizards. 269" 



b. N. punctatits, Gray. — " Green, upper portions minutely- 

 dotted with black; hands and feet yellow inferiorly." Boidenger. 



c. N. grayi, Bell. — " Uniform green, lighter beneath ; hands 

 and feet yellow inferiorly." Boulenger. 



d. N. sulphureus, Buller. — " Uniform bright sulphur-yellow, 

 darker on the upper parts ; abdomen bounded on each side by 

 obsolete spots of paler yellow dotted with black on the margins ; 

 there is a similar obsolete mark three lines in extent on each 

 side of the crown; soles of the feet pale-brown." Buller, I.e., 

 p. 8. 



e. " Uniform lemon-coloured," lighter beneath. 

 /. " Uniform green above, yellow beneath." 



g. " Green, lighter beneath, with a few distant paired 

 yellow spots on the back, and a rather indistinct yellow streak 

 from axilla to groin ; hands and feet yellow." Boulenger.^- 



h. N. pidcherrivius, Buller. — " Ground-colour vivid red- 

 dish-brown, with bright-green diamond-shaped spots arranged 

 symmetrically on both sides ; below, silvery-brown." (Found 

 at Nelson.) 



i. N. sylvestris, Buller. — "Blackish-brown above, varie- 

 gated with pale-brown and sulphur-yellow ; under- surfaces 

 yellowish-white. (Viviparous ; found in North Island.) 



j. Dark sage-green above, with a lighter pattern ; lower lip, 

 chin-shields, and canthus yellow; a much-curved, broad, light 

 band on each side of the occiput ; two longitudinal series of 

 unpaired lozenge-shaped spots on the back, continued on the 

 tail ; one or two series of large light spots between axilla 

 and groin ; all spots dotted and bordered with black ; under- 

 surfaces pale -green or yellowish, with or without darker 

 dots. 



k. " A stripe of golden-yellow down the centre of the back 

 and a double series of transverse elliptical spots on a ground 

 of delicate pea-green." Buller. 



It would be interesting to know if the coloration is, as 

 in Chamceleon and Calotes, at all under the control of the 

 animal. 



Habits. — Apparently almost as variable in habits as in 

 colour. It is described as " defying detection amidst the 

 evergreen foliage of Leytospermum and other shrubs " 

 {Buller), as occurring frequently in the open fern land, and 

 even as obtained under stones among the snow at a great 

 elevation [Hutton). From the observations of Buller and 

 Colenso '■' we learn that this species is viviparous, which is 

 quite exceptional amongst geckos. 



Distribution. — Over both North and South Islands. 



* See two interesticg papers by Colenso on the habits of individuals 

 tept in captivity, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xii., p. 251, and xix., p. 147. 



