THE COMMON LIZARD 



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4. Dark spots on the back with a white centre. L. lineo-ocellatum. 

 Dark spots on the back without a white centre. L. dendyi. 



5. More than 30 rows of scales round the body. L. smithii. 

 Less than 30 rows of scales round the body. 6 



6. Eyelid scaly all over. L. seneum. 

 Eyelid with a small disc in the centre. L. ornatum. 



The Rock Lizard. 



LjjgoHoma grande. 



Black above, spotted witli pale olive, or olive dotted with black. Lower 

 surface, greenish or pale olive. Scales of the feet black. Tail, about once 

 and a half the lengtli of head and body. Forty to fifty rows of scales 

 round the middle of the body. Length, 8 or 9 inches. Found among rocks, 

 chiefly in the southern part of the South Island. Sometimes the lower 

 surface is reddish orange. 



Rock Lizard. 



(Brit. Mus.Cai.) 



The Common Lizard. — Mokomoko. 

 Lygosoma moco. 



Brown or olive above, with a more or less regular, black-edged, light, 

 dorso-lateral streak. Back uniform, or spotted with blackish and yellowish, 

 or with dark broAvii, black-edged longitudinal lines. Lower surface, 

 yellowish, greyish, or pale olive; uniform or spotted with black. Soles of 

 the feet, yellowish. Tail, about one and a half times as long as head 

 and body. There are 28 to 30 rows of scales round the middle of the 

 body. Length, about 7 inches. Common throughout both islands of New 

 Zealand. 



