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Acknowledgments
The field work upon which this paper is based was begun at the end of 1944, when one of the authors was carrying out research for a M.Sc. degree in the Zoology Department of Auckland University College, and was continued at intervals until 1947. In December, 1955, and January, 1956, the Coromandel areas were revisited.
The authors wish to acknowledge with thanks the help afforded by the following:
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The Hon. Minister for Internal Affairs, Wellington, for permission to collect specimens of Leiopelma on various occasions.
Mr. F. Rogers, M.A., for his company, and assistance on numerous field trips. Miss E. Bartley and Mr. R. Bartley, of Port Charles, for assistance in field work on Mt. Moehau in January, 1956.
Mr. E. G. Turbott, M.Sc., of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, for helpful discussion and criticism. Members of the Auckland War Memorial Museum staff for identifying a number of plants found on Mt. Moehau.
Mr. J. B. Douglas, M.A., B.Sc., Dip. Ed., Department of Mathematics, N.S.W. University of Technology, for carrying out statistical calculations and for preparing a report. Mr. P. D. F. Mumby, Department of Biological Sciences, N.S.W. University of Technology, for the preparation of prints from our negatives.