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15mm. ; body, 57mm. ; fore-limb, 28mm. ; hind-limb, 37mm. ; 

 tail, 86mm." Boulenger. 



The innei' digits may be as much as one-third webbed ; the 

 labials very variable, often not agreeing on the two sides in 

 the same individual. 



Habits. — "Found generally under the bark of trees, but 

 Mr. W. T. L. Travers informs me that at Lake Guyon, in the 

 Province of Nelson, it is found under stones. It is exceedingly 

 sluggish in its movements" (Hutton). "The marbled-brown 

 skin is peculiarly adapted for concealment as it clings motion- 

 less to the bark of a tree or hides in the crevices " (Buller). 



Distribution.— 'PvoiessoY Hutton writes, "This is found in 

 the Auckland District. I have never seen it in the South 

 Island. The Lake Guyon species is H. maculatus." 



Hoplodactylus granulatus, Gray. 

 Naultinus granidatiLs, Gray, Cat., p. 273. Hoplodactylus 



granulatus,'^' Gray, Boulenger Cat., i., p. 174, pi. xv., 



fig- 1. 



" General characters and proportions as in H. pacificus — 

 distinguished in the following important characters : Ear- 

 opening smaller, not more than half the diameter of the eye. 

 Digital dilatation very narrow ; all the lamellae straight ; no 

 trace of web. Scales of back and belly larger. Four to seven 

 angular series of prteanal pores, the three or four upper ex- 

 tending as femoral series ; thirty to forty pores in the upper 

 series, from one end to the other. Greyish or brown above, 

 with dark-brown or reddish-brown vermiculations and irregular 

 cross-bands light-edged in front ; two dark streaks from the 

 eye as in H. pacificus, separated by a yellowish interspace ; 

 lower surfaces whitish, generally with dark dots or variega- 

 tions, especially on the gular region. 



"Total length, 192mm.; head, 22mm.; width of head, 

 17mm. ; body, 68mm. ; fore-limb, 31nnii. ; hind-limb, 40mm.; 

 tail, 102mm." Boulenger. 



The two anterior lamellae generally angular. Rudiment of 

 a web between the inner toes, as figured by Boulenger (I.e.). 



A very large specimen from Teanga Island, measuring 

 126mm. from snout to vent, showed a considerable amount of 

 webbing, and relatively small dorsal scales, thus combining 

 characters distinctive of H. pacificus and H. granulatus. 



The three species of Hoplodactylus present similar varia- 

 tions in colour and markings. 



Distribution. — Both Islands, also in Stephens Island. 

 Hitton. 



* Naultinus versicolor, Colenso, Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xvii., p. 149, 

 appears to be this species. — [F. W. H.l 

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