No. 12. — Some New Reptiles and Amphibians. By Thomas 

 Barbour. 



During 1906 and 1907 I was engaged in zoological collecting in India, 

 Burma, and the Dutch East Indies. Collections in various branches of 

 zoology were obtained, but special efforts were made to secure reptiles 

 and amphibians in large series. For this reason Java, which is the type 

 locality for a considerable number of forms, was rather extensively investi- 

 gated. Happily with excellent results, as the time of year, December, 1906, 

 and March and April, 1907, proved very favorable. Large numbers of 

 natives were employed, and much aid was freely given by many of the 

 Dutch officials, to whom thanks and credit will be given in the more 

 detailed account of the collections. Thanks to the energy of Mr. Alan 

 Owston of Yokohama, most excellent Japanese collectors have visited 

 the Biu Kiu Archipelago and Formosa again and again, having provided 

 thus a large part of the material which was used by Stejneger in his 

 Herpetology of Japan and adjacent territory (Bull. 58, U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1907). Subsequent Forraosan collections have yielded the new species 

 described here. Finally a collection replete in specimens of the highest 

 interest was obtained from Mt. Wuchi in the interior of the island of 

 Hainan. Concerning this region Boulenger wrote (P. Z. S., 1899, p. 956) 

 the following on the receipt of the collections of the late Mr. John White- 

 head : " The fact that so many of the few species represented in the 

 collection are new, tends to show how rich a harvest these unexplored 

 mountains would have yielded but for the fatal climate which has de- 

 prived the zoological world of one of its most enthusiastic and successful 

 members." 



Several new forms are here described from unidentified material which 

 has long been in the collection here. 



My sincere thanks are due to Dr. Stejneger, who has helped me in a 

 most disinterested and generous way, and to Mr. Garman, whom for 

 many years I have called on freely for advice. 



