Oligosoma striatum - Public domain zoological illustration

Identifier: transactionsproc31870newz (find matches)

Title: Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Year: 1868 (1860s)

Authors: New Zealand Institute (Wellington, N.Z

Subjects: Science Birds

Publisher: Wellington : J. Hughes, Printer

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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greattendency to individual variation, and mere difierences of colour, unless wellmarked and constant, are therefore a somewhat unsafe guide in the deter-mination of species. Further information on this branch of our local zoology is much to bedesired. The Kawekaweau, a beautiful striped lizard, sometimes attaining alength of two feet, is still undescribed. It was formerly abundant in theforests north of Auckland, and is still occasionally met with. Mr. F. E.Maning, of Hokianga, recently obtained possession of a pair of live ones, butunfortunately for science, one of them was devoured by a cat and the othermade its escape. A black lizard, described by Mr. Thomas Kirk as havingbeen seen by him on the cluster of rocky islets ofi the west coast of the GreatBarrier, known as Greys Archipelago, will probably prove to be a newform. Descriptions of three new species, which I have ventured to nameIlinulia variegata, Mocoa striata, and Naidtinus sulphureus, are included inthe following paper.

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Genus Hinulia. Lygosma, part, Dum. et Bib. Le KeneuXj part, Cocteau. Diagnosis.—Head subquadrangxilar. Heel surrounded with granules. Characters.—Frontal plate oblong. Rostral erect, triangular. Palatetootlaless, with, a deep triangular notch in front. Body fusiform. Scalessmooth, thin; the two central preanal scales larger than the rest. Tailtapering, loundish. Legs moderate. Toes 5-5, slendei-, compressed. Heel ofthe hind feet surrounded with granides.—Brit. Mus. Cat., p. 74. 1. Hinulia ornata, Gray. Bright pale brown, varied with black and white spots, sides with anirregular narrow pale streak above; scales with short black streaks, someblack on each edge, white in the centre; ears moderate, rounded, simple edged. A variety of this species in my possession, differs from Grays type, inhaving the sides more variegated with black and white, the marginal streak onthe sides distinct but interrupted, and the whole of the t\nder parts irregularlyand minutely spotted with brown. Ther

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