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XXXI. — On the BeptiJes of Botuma Island^ Polynesia. 

 By G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 



Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner has kindly entrusted to me the 

 collection of Reptiles made by him on Rotuma, north of 

 the Fiji Islands. Small as it is, the collection is of interest 

 as affording information on an island the herpetological 

 fauna of which had not been previously investigated, and 

 in bringing to light a new species of Geckos, which I 

 have much pleasure in naming in honour of its discoverer. 

 Mr. Gardiner was assured by the natives that no other kinds 

 of Lizards and Snakes exist on the island but those of which 

 he secured specimens. Batrachians are absent. 



The species are only eight in number, viz. seven Lizards 

 and one Snake, and, with the exception of the new Gecko, are 

 known to have a wide geographical distribution. 



1. Gthyra oceanica, Less. 



Known from the Moluccas, New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, 

 Solomon Islands, Lord Howe Island, Fiji Islands, Tonga 

 Islands, Samoa Islands, and Hervey Islands. 



2. Lepidodactylus luguhris^ D. & B. 



Distributed from the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to 

 the Pelew Islands, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New 

 Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, and Tonga Islands. 



3. Lejndodactylus Gardineri^ sp. n. 



Head small, oviform ; snout once and one third the dia- 

 meter of the orbit, which equals its distance from the 

 ear-opening ; forehead concave ; ear-opening very small, 

 oval, oblique. Body and limbs moderate. Digits moderate, 

 inner well-developed ; a very slight rudiment of web ; 12 to 

 14 lamellae under the median digits, 2 or 3 of the terminal 

 ores divided. Scales uniformly granular, the granules 

 larger on the snout, largest and flat on the belly. Rostral 

 quadrangular, nearly twice as broad as deep, notched above 

 mesially to receive an enlarged scale separating the nasals ; 

 nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three 

 nasals ; 11 upper and as many lower labials ; each upper 

 labial with a granular asperity or feebly raised vertical keel ; 

 three rows of very small chin-shields graduating into the 

 granules on the throat. Tail cylindrical, tapering, covered 

 with uniform small flat scales, which are larger on the lower 



