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MR. G. A. BOTTLENGER ON THE REPTILES 



A comparison of the Reptile-fauna of the Solomons with that of Duke of York 

 Island (between New Ireland and New Britain), as known from the collection made a 

 few years ago by the Rev. G. Brown, and described by Dr. Giinther 1 , is interesting : — 



Duke of Yoke Island. 



1. Gymnodactylus pelagicus, Gir. 



2. Gecko vittatus, Houtt. 



3. Gonyocephalus godeffroyi, Ptrs. 



4. Varanus indicus, Daud. 



5. Mabuia albofasciolata, Gthr. 

 6. carteretii, D. & B. 



7. cyanura, Less. 



8. nigra, Hombr. & Jacq. 



9. Hinulia megaspila, Gthr. 

 10. Keneuxia smaragdina, Less. 



CROCOD1LIA. 



Solomon Islands. 

 1. Crocodilus porosus, Schn. 



LACERTILIA. 



Geckonid^:. 



2. Gymnodactylus pelagicus, Gir. 



3. Gehyra oceanica, Less. 



4. Lepidodactylus guppyi, Blgr. 



5. Gecko vittatus, Houtt. 



AgAMIDvE. 



6. Gonyocephalus godeffroyi, Ptrs. 



VaRANIDjE. 



7. Varanus indicus, Daud. 



Scincidj!. 



8. Mabuia carteretii, D. & B. 



9. cyanura, Less. 



10. nigra, Hombr. & Jacq. 



1 1 . Keneuxia smaragdina, Less. 



12. Lipinia anolis, Blgr. 



13. Corucia zebrata, Gray. 



11. Liasis amethystinus, Schn. 



12. Nardoa schlegelii, Gray. 



13. Enygrus carinatus, Schn. 



14. Erebophis asper, Gthr. 



OPHIDIA. 

 Boim:. 



14. Enygrus carinatus, Schn. 



15. bibronii, Hombr. & Jacq. 



of the Straits separating the large continental islands of Bougainville and Choiseul. They are all of them 

 (Treasury Island, Shortland Island, and Faro Island) of no great size, the largest of them, and also the highest, 

 being Faro Island, which is 12 miles long and 1900 feet in height. I should add that in the most recent 

 Admiralty chart of the Solomon Islands, Faro Island is not laid down ; it is, however, to the N.E. of the Short- 

 land Islands, in the middle of the Straits, and its position will be given in the nest chart published of the group." 

 1 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 127. 



