PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Fourth Series 



Vol. VII, No. 3, pp. 37-39. July 23, 1917 



III 



NOTES ON THE HERPETOLOGY OF GUAM, 

 MARIANA ISLANDS* 



BY JOHN VAN DENBURGH 



Curator of the Department of Herpetology 



The present paper is based upon a small collection made 

 early in January, 1906. Only a few hours were available for 

 collecting on Guam, the principal island of the Mariana or 

 Ladrone group, and in consequence, the specimens obtained do 

 not represent the entire reptilian fauna. It is probable that 

 other skinks as well as geckos are to be found there. Never- 

 theless, the collection seems well worthy of record, since it in- 

 cludes species not previously reported from these islands, and 

 re-establishes the occurrence there of the worm-snake, Typhlops 

 braminus. The specimens are in the collection of the Academy. 



1. Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril & Bibron 



The specimens collected on Guam, January 11, 1906, fur- 

 nish, we believe, the first record of the occurrence of this gecko 

 in the Mariana Islands. I have carefully compared them with 

 a series from Luzon, Philippine Islands, and have found them 

 identical. 



Printed from tlie John W. Hendrie Publication Endowment. 



July 23, 1917 



