. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 134. : Naultinus manukanus (McCann, 1955) exhibiting tail prehension, Stephens Island, Cook Strait, New Zealand. SVL = 62 mm. Diagnosis: Dorsal scalation heterogeneous, at least on head, nape and sacral region, but never on entire body; rostral contacts nostril. (79). Comments: Thomas (1982b) considered this species to be conspecific with N. rudis and indicated that the morphocHne first reported by Bull & Whitaker (1975) was indeed present. I have examined only specimens from Stephens Island which are quite distinct from N. rudis and theref
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. 134. : Naultinus manukanus (McCann, 1955) exhibiting tail prehension, Stephens Island, Cook Strait, New Zealand. SVL = 62 mm. Diagnosis: Dorsal scalation heterogeneous, at least on head, nape and sacral region, but never on entire body; rostral contacts nostril. (79). Comments: Thomas (1982b) considered this species to be conspecific with N. rudis and indicated that the morphocHne first reported by Bull & Whitaker (1975) was indeed present. I have examined only specimens from Stephens Island which are quite distinct from N. rudis and therefore favor the specific distinction of the two taxa. Naultinus manukanus is distributed throughout the Marlborough Sounds and on Stephens Island and D'Urville Island (Buckingham & Elliott 1979) (Fig. 51). The species is found chiefly in manuka and kanuka (Robb 1980a) but I have observed them on a variety of smaH divaricating shrubs on Stephens Island (Fig. 53). They are also known from heights of to m in taupata (Coprosma repens) (Werner & Whitaker 1978). Walls (1983) reported that the species was fairly common on Stephens Island and that specimens there showed summer peaks and winter troughs of activity. The max- imum SVL is 68 mm (Robb 1980a). The diet consists of insects and other small in- vertebrates (Robb 1980a). Naultinus manukanus mates from June to October and gives birth in March or April (Rowlands 1981a). Habitat destruction in the Marlborough Sounds appears to be having a negative effect on the populations there (Robb 1980a).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bonn, Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig
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