List of herpetofauna and category of permit required to hold in captivity in New Zealand. In accordance with the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
ENDEMIC HERPETOFAUNA Species Name Common Name Permit Category
Dactylocnemis pacificus Pacific gecko A
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii Duvaucel’s gecko B
Mokopirirakau cryptozoicus Takitimu gecko - granulatus Forest gecko A kahutarae Black-eyed gecko C nebulosus Cloudy gecko C sylvestris Southern North Island forest gecko A
Naultinus elegans Auckland green gecko A punctatus Wellington green gecko A grayi Northland green gecko A gemmeus Jewelled gecko B manukanus Marlborough green gecko B tuberculatus West Coast green gecko B rudis Rough gecko B stellatus Starred or Nelson green gecko B
Toropuku stephensi Stephen’s Island striped gecko C stephensi ‘Coromandel’ Coromandel striped gecko C
Tukutuku rakiurae Harlequin gecko C
Woodworthia maculatus Common gecko A brunneus ‘Brown’ gecko A chrysosireticus Goldstripe gecko B
Oligosoma aeneum Copper skink A acrinasum Fiordland skink B alani Robust skink C chloronoton Green skink B fallai Three Kings Island skink C hardyi Hardy’s skink - judgei Barrier skink - grande Grand skink C ENDEMIC HERPETOFAUNA (cont.) Species Name Common Name Permit Category
Oligosoma homalonotum Chevron skink C inconspicuum Cryptic skink A infrapunctatum Speckled skink B levidensa Slight skink - linoocellatum Spotted skink B longipes Long-toed skink C maccanni McCann’s skink A microlepis Small-scaled skink C moco Moko skink B nigriplantare Chatham Island skink C pikitanga Sinbad skink - polychroma Common skink A notosaurus Southern skink B otagense Otago skink C robinsoni Crenulate skink -- smithi Shore skink A stenotis Small-eared skink B striatum Striped skink C suteri Suter’s or Egg-laying skink B taumakae Open Bay Island or Taumaka skink - tekakahu Te Kakahu or Chalky Island skink - townsi Towns’ skink C waimatense Scree skink C zelandicum Brown skink A
Sphenodon punctatus Tuatara C
Leiopelma archeyi Archey’s frog C hamiltoni Hamilton’s frog C hochstetteri Hochstetter’s frog C pakeka Maud Island frog C
EXOTIC HERPETOFAUNA Species Name Common Name Permit Category
Lampropholis delicata Rainbow skink Illegal - Unwanted Organism
Litoria aurea Green and golden bell frog N/A ewingii Whistling tree frog N/A raniformis Southern bell frog N/A
Other Exotics
Ambastoma mexicanum Axolotl N/A Chelodina longicollis Snake-necked turtle N/A Chinemys reevesii Reeves turtle N/A Cynops orientalis Chinese fire-bellied newt N/A Cynops pyrrhogaster Japanese fire-bellied newt N/A Egernia cunninghami Cunningham’s skink N/A Eublepharis macularius Leopard gecko N/A Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii Eastern water dragon N/A Pogona barbata Eastern bearded dragon N/A Pogona vitticeps Inland bearded dragon N/A Testudo gracea Greek tortoise N/A Testudo hermanni hermanni Herman’s tortoise N/A Tiliqua scincoides scincoides Eastern blue tongue skink N/A Trachyemys scripta elegans Red-eared slider N/A