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. Toes not dilated at tip, distinctly webbed at base; meta- 

 tarsal tubercles rather large. Otherwise like Microhyla fissipes. 

 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 smaller than tympanum which is perfectly dis 

 tinct; no free papilla on middle of tongue; toes more than half web 

 bed; vomerine teeth in two nearly straight series between the phoanae; 

 belly smooth: inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, very slightly promi 

 nent, less than one half the length of inner toe; no outer tubercle; tibio- 

 tarsal joint extends considerably beyond snout; snout long, nostrils near 

 end of snout. 



Habitat. Okinawa Shima, Riu Kiu Archipelago. 



Type. Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 19a. 



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