TABLE 8 



Lizards collected on Caroline Atoll, 1965-1988. 

 Specimens: 



Species 



Clapp & Sibley 1 97 1 a Present Study 



Mourning gecko 



Lepidodactylus lugubris 

 Polynesian gecko 



Gehyra oceanica 

 Snake-eyed skink 



Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus 

 Moth skink 



Lipinia noctua' 



Emoia impar 

 Azure-tailed skink 

 Emoia cyanura 



USNM 158355-57 

 USNM 158353-54 



USNM 158358 



USNM 299773 

 USNM 299772 



USNM 299768-70 



USNM 299771 



1 USNM 158358 has recently been reidentit'ied by R.I. Crombie as Lipinia 

 noctua. not Emoia nigra, as reported in Clapp & Sibley (1971a). 



TABLE 9 



Species 



Comparative abundance of Caroline's breeding seabirds in the Line Group. 



Estimated Population Comparative Abundance in the Line Group 



Second largest population 

 Fourth largest population 

 Third largest population 

 Third largest population 

 Third largest population 



Third largest population 

 Third largest population 

 Largest population (largest mi Kiribati) 



Largest population (largest in Kiribati) 



' Based upon nest count in 1990. 



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