Vol. XIV, pp. 189-191 December 12, 1901 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



DIAGNOSES OF EIGHT NEW BATRACHIANS AND 

 REPTILES FROM THE RIU KIU ARCHI- 

 PELAGO, JAPAN. 



BY LEOXHARI) STE.TNEGER. 



BATRACHIA SALIENTIA. 

 Microhyla okinavensis new species. 



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

 tarsal tubercles rather large. Otherwise like Microliyla finsipeti. 

 Habitat. — Okinawa Shima, Riu Kiu Archipelago. 

 Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo. No. 2.5a. 



Rana narina new species. 



Diagnosis, — No glandular dorso-lateral I'old; 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 choanal"; 

 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. 



Hahitdt. — Okinawa Shima, Rivi Kiu Archipelago. 



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



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