THE REPTILES AND FISHES OF LORD HOWE 



ISLAND. 



REPTILES. 



If we exclude the Green Turtle, which has not been found since 1789, the 

 recent Reptiles recorded from Lord Howe Island are but three in number, 

 and all belong to the Lacertilian group : of two of these the Museum now 

 possesses excellent series. So far as I know none of them have as yet been 

 obtained in New Zealand*, and only the first of them has "been recorded 

 with any degree of certainty from Australia, this example, which is in the 

 British Museum, having been obtained at Champion Bay, N. W. Australia, 

 but not recorded from any intermediate locality ; it is also found on Phillip 

 Island, an outlying rock off Norfolk Island, on w T hich latter strange to say 

 no reptiles whatever occur. The second has a very wide range through 

 Polynesia and New Guinea to the Moluccas, and has been doubtfully recorded 

 from Port Essington, while the third species seems to be peculiar to the 

 island. 



GECKONIDJE. 



PHYLLODACTYLUS, Gray. 

 Phyllodacttlus guentheri, Big. 



There is now in the Museum a fine series of this Gecko in all stages of 

 growth. The members of the various expeditions agree in stating that it is 

 much more abundant in the vicinity of the coast than on the more elevated 

 districts inland. 



GEHYRA, Gray. 

 Gehtra oceanica, Less., sp. 



The British Museum contains a specimen collected on the island by the 

 late Mr. J. Macgillivray. 



SCINCIDJE. 



LYGOSOMA, Gray. 

 Lygosoma lichenigeiujm, O'Shpi., sp. 

 The remarks under the first species apply equally to this Lizard. 



* There is no record, so far as I am aware, of the occurrence of Gehyra oceanica in 

 .New Zealand, though from its wide Polynesian range it seems strange that it is not found 

 at least in the northern district of the North Island. 



