Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae Bulletin
- Author
- Towns, H.
- Year
- 1957
- Journal / Source
- Bulletin of the United States Natural Museum
- Volume
- 209
- Pages
- 1-286
- Keywords
- frogs, tuatara, geckos, skinks, Leiopelma, Sphenodon, Hoplodactylus, Naultinus, Cyclodina, Leiolopisma, habitat destruction, introduced mammals, islands, predation, conservation, restoration
- Summary
- Evidence from subfossils and from present distributions confirming range contractions and extinctions of New Zealand amphibians and reptiles is consistent with that from New Zealand landbirds, in which 40% of the fauna, including the largest species, has become extinct in the 1000 years since human arrival. The largest extant species of all higher taxa of herpetofauna