THE ROUGH LIZARD 



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at Maketii, Taranaki. and the Kaipara. The young of this variety 

 are green on the back. 



Green Lizard. 



The Rough Lizard. 



Naultimis rudis. 



Head and back covered with small granular scales, intermixed on the 

 sides with large, roundish, flat or keeled, tubercles. Greenish grey above,, 

 with irregular longitudinal and transverse purplish bands on the back. 

 Uniform light grey beneath. Length, 5% inches, of which the tail occupies 

 more than half. Very rare. 



Genus Dactylocnemis. 

 Toes dilated at the base, suddenly narrowed, the narrow portion 

 forming an angle with the basal portion; series of transverse 

 lamella? under the latter. Colour brown. India and New 

 Zealand. 



