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THE ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND 



The niokonioko is found under stones and logs, both in the bush 

 and in the open country. The colours are very variable. 

 Generally the back is pale, or dark reddish brown, with a whitish 

 stripe, edged below with black, from the nostrils over the eye 

 down the side ; and often with a dark stripe down the centre 

 of the back. Sometimes it is pale golden browTi on the back, 

 and darker on the sides, with a narrow^ black line dividing the 

 colours. A dwarfed form occurs among the shingle-slips of the 

 mountains of the South Island. 



Common Lizard. 



(.Grai/sLiz.fl/Au.it.) 



Pitt Island Lizard. 



Lijgosoma dendxji. 



Dark olive grey above, with small black spots and a blackish brown 

 wavy lateral band passing through the eye; this band sometimes dotted 

 with white. Under surface, leaden grey or blackish. Tail, once and a half 

 as long as the head and body. There are 34 rows of scales round the 

 middle of the body. Length, about 6% inches. Pitt Island, Chatham 

 Group. 



The Long-tailed Lizard. 



Lygosoina (iitco-occUaiurn. 



Back, pale brown or greyish olive, with small black spots or ocelli with 

 a white centre. A more or less marked whitish dorso-lateral l)and. Sides 



