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on a specimen collected by J. Reeves probably near the same city, 

 I sent our Fukien specimen to Dr. H. L. Parker and asked him to 

 compare it with the types of G. chinensis and G. similignum. He 

 very obligingly did so and wrote me as follows : 



I have compared [U.S.N.M.] 65379 with the type of G. chinensis and G. simi- 

 lignum and I have very little doubt that the three are conspecific ; Mr. Smith 

 has seen them and agrees. Whether or not this represents a species distinct 

 from G. japonicus I would not care to decide ofEhand. On the face of our 

 material it appears so, but quite possibly they are only races of the same thing. 



It may thus be regarded as established that there exists in south- 

 ern China, from southern Fukien to Hainan, a distinct form charac- 

 terized by the large number of 17 to 23 preanal pores (No. 65379 = 

 23; Boettger's specimens =22 and 19; type of chinensis =21-, type 

 of simiU(/num= 17) besides the more extensive webbing of fingers 

 and toes, as compared with the 4 to 11 pores, and more vestigial 

 webbing in typical G. japoniciis. 



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