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RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



In 1901 Mr. Samuel Garman^ reported on the reptiles of Mr. 

 Alexander Agassiz's Expedition to the Barrier Reef, and des- 

 cribed a member of the genus Gymnodactylns under the name 

 G. olivii. He contrasts its characters with those of G. pelayicus 

 and evidently did not consult the descriptions of G. lotcisiadensis 

 or G. lo7-i(f. G. olivii is certainly identical with our specimen, 

 agreeing with it in the disposition of the colour bands which, as 

 above mentioned, differ somewhat from those of the type. 



In G. louisiadensis there are but five body bands, the first of 

 which, connecting the eyes across the occiput, is V-shaped ; the 

 disposition of the other bands is not mentioned, but their 

 arrangement is probably similar to those of G. Im-icp. In this 

 form there are three pairs of markings between the fore and 

 hind limbs, and a fifth at the base of the tail. The markings 

 are not in the form of bands, but consist of pairs of oblique 

 streaks, each pair forming a V-like figure, those only of the nape 

 and the base of the tail, howevei-, produce a complete V. 



In both Mr. Garman's and Mi-. Woodford's examples the bands 

 are six in number ; the first is U-shaped, the second connects the 

 shoulders, three occupy the space between the fore and hind 

 limbs, and the sixth connects the thighs, having a much more 

 anterior position than the last band in G. louisiadeAisis or G. lofice. 

 These bands are incomplete below. 



Of Dr. Werner's adult examples, one resembled G. louisiadensis 

 the other G. lorice, while a young one exhibited eight pairs of 

 spots or streaks. This author ^particularly i-efers to structural 

 details, tabulated below, the characters of G. olivii and Mr. 

 Woodford's specimens being now included. 



* Gartnan — Bull. Mua. Coinp. Zool. Harv. Coll., xxxix., 1901, p. i., pi. i. 

 fig. 1. 



