A new gecko species, Mt Alba, Mount Aspiring National Park.
Photo: Samuel Purdie
The search was conducted by the Department of Conservation in remote areas of Fiordland, Mount Aspiring, Nelson Lakes national parks, and the Hooker/Landsborough Wilderness Area on the West Coast.
Two new types of skinks and two new types of geckos were found.
The Department of Conservation Science Advisor and lizard survey project leader, Dr Jo Monks, said they were now waiting on the results of genetic testing, which would show if the lizards were new species or new populations of known species.
She said they appear to be different to known species.