482 DUNN. 



Remarks: This animal has been considered the same as H. naevius. 

 But the constant difference in color is amply sufficient to distinguish 

 the Kiusiu form. It is doubtless close to naevius, and with it and the 

 Hida species, H. kimurai, they form a very natural group of vicarious 

 forms. In color kimurai and stejnegeri are almost identical, but 

 kimurai has only four toes, a longer series of vomerine teeth and a 

 longer body. 



The record of von Martens (1876) for naevius from Nagasaki doubt- 

 less refers to the present form. Abe (1921) records it from Chikusen 

 Province. 



Specimens seen: one, the type. 



Htnobius naevius (Schlegel). 



1838. Sdlamandra naevia Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Rept., p. 122, pi. 4, ff. 



4-6, pi. 5, ff. 9-10; 1844, Abbild. Amphib., p. 122, pi. 39, f. 4; 



Wiedersheim, 1876, Morph. Jahrb., 2, p. 428 (extremities). 

 1838. Pseitdosalamandra naevia Tschudi, Mem. Soe. Sei. Xeuchatel, pp. 56,91. 



1838. Pseudosalamandra naevia Tschudi. Classif. Bat., pp. 56, 91. 



1839. Molge naevia Bonaparte, Icon. Fauna Ital., 2, fasc. 26. 



1854. Ellipsoglossa naevia Dumeril and Bibron, Erpet. Gen., 9, p. 99, pi. 101, 

 f. 5; Wiedersheim, 1877, Morph. Jahrb. 3, p. 417. pi. 23. f. 64-67, 

 (skull and Hyobranchial apparatus) ; Druner, 1904, Zool. Jahrb., 

 19, p. 665, pi. 25 (Hyobranchial apparatus). 



1859. Hynobius naevius Cope, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 125; 

 Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Bat. Grad. Brit. Mus., p. 32; Xamie, 1903, 

 Tokyo, Zool. Mag., 15, p. 286; Tago, 1904, Tokyo Zool. Mag., 16, 

 p. 44; Stejneger, 1907, Bull. U. 8. Xat. Mus., 58, p. 26, pi. 3, ff. 

 1-3; Tago, 1907, Tokyo Zool. Mag., 19, p. 200, 229. 



Type: In the Rijksmuseum, Leiden, collected by Siebold. (No 

 type was specified and specimens from the original series have been 

 widely distributed). 



Type Locality: Mountainous parts of Hondo and Shikoku. 



Range: Hondo (more specifically from Uso to Kazusa and to 

 Shimozuke, 0-1500 ft. alt.); Shikoku. 



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

 series; 14 costal grooves; 5 toes; light markings only on sides and 

 belly. 



Description: Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 7365, adult female, (Cotype, 

 ex. Leiden Museum via British Museum), "Japan," 14 costal grooves; 

 2 costal folds between appressed toes; head width 6 in length from 



