PDF Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.

VOL. XIV, PP. 189-191

DECEMBER

12, 1901

PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON

DIAGNOSES OF EIGHT NEW BATRACHIANS AND

REPTILES FROM THE RIU KIU ARCHI PELAGO, ^JAPAN.

BY LEONHARD STEJNEGER.

BATRACHIA SALIEN.TIA.

Microhyla okinavensis new

species.

Diagnosis. Toesnot dilatedat tip, distinctly

webbed

at base; meta- tarsal tubercles rather_large. OtherwiselikeMicrohylafissipes.

Habitat.

Okinawa

Shima,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Type. Science College

Museum,

Tokyo, No. ^25a.

Rana

^narina

new

_species.

Diagnosis.

No

_glandular dorso-lateral fold; tips of toes dilated into very small^discs

much

smallerthan

tympanum ^which

^is perfectly ^dis tinct; no free papilla on middle of tongue; ^toes

more

than half

web

bed; vomerineteethin

two

nearly straight ^series between the phoanae;

belly smooth: inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, very slightly promi nent,lessthan onehalf the length^ofinnertoe; noouter tubercle; ^tibio- tarsal jointextendsconsiderably

beyond

snout; snoutlong, nostrilsnear end of snout.

Habitat.

Okinawa

Shima,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Type. Science_College

Museum,

Tokyo, No. ^19a.

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_Stejneger

New Batrachiaus and

_Reptiles.

Rana namiyei new

species.

Diagnosis.

No

_glandular dorsol-lateral fold; tips of toes slight!}'di lated at_tips; nofreepapilla on middleoftongue; lower

jaw

^{with a}pair of tooth-like

bony

prominences ⁱⁿ front; toes

webbed

to extreme _tips;

interorbitalwidth

much

_greaterthanwidthof eyelid; vomerineteethin

two

rather _large,very obliquegroups behind the choanae; inner meta- tarsaltubercleprominent, nearly^aslong^as diameterof eye; fourth toe nearly one-third longerthanfifth.

Habitat.

Okinawa

Shima,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Type. ScienceCollege

Museum,

Tokyo, No. ^31a.

Named

for Mr. M.

Namiye

^of the Imperial University, Tokyo.

Buergeria ijimae

new

_species.

Diagnosis. Color brownish; fingers free; first finger longer than second; uppersurface nearlysmooth: tibia

more

thanone-half thetotal length^of head and body.

Habitat.

Okinawa

_Shima,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Type. Science_College

Museum,

Tokyo, No. 19(914).

Named

inhonorof Prof. Isao Ijima, Imperial University, Tokyo.

Buergeria ishikawae

new

species

Diagnosis. Color brownish; fingers free; first finger longer than second; upper surface excessively warty, the warts grouped ⁱⁿ round clustersof smaller onessurrounding^alarger; tibia not

more

than one- half thetotallength^of

head

_{and body.}

Habitat.

Okinawa

_Shima,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Type. National

Museum, Uyeno

Park, Tokyo, No. ^30.

Named

^{in honor of Prof. C.} Ishikawa, ^of the Imperial University, Tokyo.

REPTILIA.

SAURIA.

Eumeces

kishinouyei

new

_species.

Diagnosis. 24to26scalerows roundthe middleof the body: usually a post-nasal; ^first supralabial forming ^sutures with nasals and second labialonly;

two

_unpaired post-mentals; lower temporal ^of second

row

largest, wedge-shaped: ^soles with

two

series of enlarged tubercles be-

tittynegtr

New Batrachiam and

JlrjttiJcx. 191 tweenheel

and

base of third

and

fourth toes; normally ^three pairs of nuchals.

Habitat. Islandsof

Yayeyama

group,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Type. Science College

Museum,

Tokyo, No.^22.

Named

forDr. K. Kishinouye, Imperial FisheriesBureau, Tokyo.

SKIM'KXTES.

Calamaria

pfefferi

new

_species.

Dutynoxix.

Four

supralabials,first slightlyshorter than _second; first pair of infralabials forming ^{a suture} behind mental; no azygos ^shield between anterior chin-shields; frontal longer than _broad, about four timesasbroad as supraocular; one preocular; tail pointed; subcaudals 15-26 pairs; no_lightordark colored_collar; no_spoton upper^{side oftail;}

ventral surface light-colored with

two

_irregular rows of very ^distinct dark

brown

_spots: tail underneath with a

median brown

longitudinal band.

Hi'tih'ftirmulu. 13scalerows; 158-160_{yentrals; Jihl!!}subcaudals.

Habitat.

Miyako

Shima,

Yayeyama

group,

Riu Kiu

Archipelago.

Ttn>f. Science_College

Museum.

_{Tokyo, No.} 14.

Named

in honor of Dr. G. _Pfeffer, curator in the Natural _History

Museum, Hamburg.

Disteira orientalis

new

species.

Diagnosis. Maxillary^teethall grooved;

two

pairs of chin-shields in contact; 23to25scalesroundthe neck, 32to35 round thebody: ^frontal shield

more

than twiceaslong ^as broad, longer^{.than its} distance from rostral

and

equalling the parietals; a _single anterior temporal; ^rostral slightlybroader than deep; ventrals 326^{to 341;} one or

two

postoculars;

scalesstronglv keeled: ventrals, except^the most anterior _ones, bituber- culate. Yellow with blackringswiderontheback

and

_belly, and con fluenton the anterior thirdofthe latterinto ablackventralband; head black with irregularyellow

marks

onanterior half and behind_eyes.

Habitat.

Riu Kiu

Seas.

Tfipc. Science College

Museum,

Tokyo, No. ^{29. Collected in}Okina

wa

Shima.

7tV ///////*. Ihave

examined

twoadditionalspecimens^inthe

Hamburg Museum

(Nos. 2574, a-b) collected by Mr.

Lenz

on IriomoteShima,

Ya yeyama

group, on

March

13, 1897. Alsoa specimen^{in the}

Leyden Mu

seum

(No. 1483) collected by von^{Siebold in} "Japan".