HYNOBIIDAE. 497 



Hynobius nebulosus (Schlegel). 



1838. Salamandra nebulosa Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Rept., p. 127, pi. 4, ff. 

 7-9; 1844, Abbild. Amphib., p. 126, pi. 40, ff. 7-10; Wiedersheim 

 1876, Morph. Jahrb. 2, p. 428 (carpus and tarsus). 



1838. Hynobius nebulosus Tschudi, Mem. Soc. Sci. Neuchatel, pp. 60, 94; 

 Gray 1850, Cat. Bat, Grad. Brit. Mus., p. 30; Boulenger 1882, 

 Cat. Bat. Grad. Brit. Mus. (2), p. 32; Stejneger 1907, U. S. Nat. 

 Mus. Bull., 58, p. 30, pi. 3, f. 4-6; Tago 1907, Tokyo Zool. Mag., 

 19, p. 201, 233; Kunitomo 1910, Anat. Hefte, 40, p. 193 (habits); 

 1911, Anat. Hefte 44, p. 457 (embryology); Abe 1921, Tokyo 

 Zool. Mag., p. 330. 



1854. Ellipsoglossa nebulosa Dumeril and Bibron, Erpet. Gen., 9, pi. 100; 

 Wiedersheim 1877, Morph. Jahrb. 3, p. 417 (skull); Edgeworth 

 1920, Journ. Anat., 54, p. 225, ff. 71-76, (hyobranchial apparatus); 

 1923, Journ. Anat., 57, p. 97, ff. 11-13 (hyobranchial apparatus). 



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

 type was specified and specimens from the large original series are in 

 the British Museum, the Senckenberg Museum and the Copenhagen 

 Museum). 



Type Locality: "Mits jama" near Nagasaki, Kiusiu. 



Range : Kiusiu. 



Diagnosis: Vomerine series medium; tail flattened; 13 costal 

 grooves; toes usually 5; sides of tail not black; middorsal line of tail 

 yellow; yellow with black marbling; sexes alike in color. 



Description: Since I have seen no specimens of this form I quote 

 Schlegel's original description. 



"Purely aquatic, this species has some analogy with the black 

 salamander of North America. It is almost as big as the crested 

 salamander, but it is stouter, the head is small and rounded, the feet 

 are less developed and with short fingers, the tail is large, shorter than 

 the body, thick at the base and compressed towards the tip. On the 

 flanks there are very extensive and deep transverse folds, a similar 

 fold surrounds the throat like a half collar. Of a more or less deep 

 brownish yellow, all the upper parts are clouded with deep and very 

 fine marblings ; these extend sometimes on the under side. Some have 

 the edges of the tail with a yellow streak, others have the colors very 

 deep; in a word, one observes in this species, just as in most others, 

 many accidental variations. The tongue is very large and long but 

 only free at its edge. The eyes are smaller than usual and directed 

 a little forward. The skeleton much resembles that of S. naevia; 



