NEW See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

ZEALAND  .—The only See also:

• RECENT

recent See also:

• REPTILES (Lat. Reptilia, creeping things, from reptilis; ref ere, to creep; Gr. Ep7rety, whence the term " herpetology," for the science dealing with them)

reptiles are See also:

• SPHENODON, or TUATARA

Sphenodon (q.v.), which testifies to the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of these islands; about See also:

• HALF

half a dozen Scincidae of the genus Lygosoma, members of a See also:

• COSMOPOLITAN (Gr. Kbvµos, world, and IroXirgs, citizen)

cosmopolitan See also:

• FAMILY

family; and some few geckos, e.g . Naultinus, of a family of great a'e, See also:

• WORLD

world-wide See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution and with exceptional facilities of distribution .