HYNOBIIDAE. 481 



Hynobius stejnegeri Dunn. 



189G. Hynobius naevius von Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost.-Asien, Zool., I, 

 p. 384; Stejneger, 1907, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 58, p. 26, ff. 17-22; 

 Abe 1921, Tokyo Zool. Mag., 34; p. 329. 



1923. Hynobius stejnegeri Dunn, Proc. California Acad. Sci., (4), XII, 2, 

 p. 28. 



Type: U .S. Nat. Mus. No. 23901, adult female, collected by Mr. 

 Nakagawa, 1884. 



Type Locality: Kumamoto, Province Higo, Kiusiu. 



Range: Kiusiu. 



Diagnosis : A Hynobius with short, thick tail ; very long vomerine 

 series; 13-14 costal grooves; 5 toes; light markings present on whole 

 surface of body. 



Description: U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 23901, adult female, Kuma- 

 moto, Kiusiu; 14 costal grooves; 3 costal folds between appressed 

 toes; head width 6 in length from snout to vent; head length 3^ in 

 length of body; head oval; eye as long as its distance from tip of 

 snout; outline of upper jaw straight as seen from side; angle of jaw 

 back of hind angle of eye ; lower eyelid fitting under upper in front and 

 behind; a groove from eye to gular fold; a groove from this down 

 behind angle of jaw; limbs well developed; fingers 2, 3, 1, 4 in order - 

 of length; toes 3, 4, 2, 5, 1 in order of length; a tubercle under base of 

 first finger and toe; tail shorter than body, thick throughout, ending 

 bluntly, somewhat flattened in distal half; vent a simple slit; vom- 

 erine series beginning behind inner edge of nares, a forward incurving 

 branch of 6 teeth, a branch of IS teeth running straight back and a 

 little in, separated from its fellow by about length of outer branch, 

 length of inner branch equalling distance from outer edge of one naris 

 to inner edge of the opposite naris; chocolate brown, lighter below; 

 thickly marbled with largish lighter blotches, which have a reddish 

 brown tinge on the back and are white on the sides and the belly; 

 total length 87 mm., head 14, body 47, tail 26. 



Variation: Stejneger (1907) mentions two other specimens in the 

 collection of the Science College, Tokyo. One of these had 13 costal 

 grooves, and total length 107 mm., head 14, body 44, tail 49. It was 

 "paler (more faded?) with less coarse marblings, . . . and the under- 

 side nearly uniform pale brownish." These came from the same 

 locality as the type. Abe (1921) gives measurements of two additional 

 specimens. 



Chikusen 9 Total length 122 head 17 body 62 tail 43 14 costal grooves 

 Kumamoto ? " 96 "14 " 46 " 36 13 " 



