HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 47 



Genus GEOMOLGE" Boulenger. 

 1886. Geomolge Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 41G (type, G.fischen). 



Geomolge appears to be very closely allied to Onychodactylus, the 

 chief differences beinj^ that in the former the vomero-palatine series 

 of teeth is interrupted in the middle and that it lacks the black, 

 horny claws. 



GEOMOLGE FISCHERI 6 Boulenger. 

 Plate V, fig. 5-0. 



1886. Geomolge fischeri Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1886, p. 416, pi. 

 XXXIX, fig. 2 c (type-locality, Khabarovka, I'ssuri; types in Brit. Mus. 

 no. 86. 5. 15. 11-12; Doerries, collector); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), V, 

 Feb., 1890, p. 144. — Nikolski, Annuaire Mus. Zool. St. Petersbourg, I, 

 1896, p. 77 (Valley of Sutchan River, Ussuri district: St. Petersb. Mus., 

 No. 1904; Busse, collector); Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk, S. Peterbiirg (8), 

 XVII, no. 1, 1905, p. 440 (Ussuri^. 

 There being no specimen of this species in the U. S. National 

 Museum, an abstract of Boulenger's original description is given: 



Physiognomy that of Onychodactylus japonicus: limbs in 



every respect similar to those of Onychodactylus japonicus save the 



absence of claws ; the male likewise with tibio-tarsal dilatation ; 



anal opening subcruciform, as in Onychodactylus; skin smooth; 14 or 

 15 costal grooves; parotoids and gular fold as in Onychodactylus. 

 Brown above, with blackish variegations, most crowded on the sides, 

 which also bear some whitish spots; lower surface brownish white. 



Male. Female. 



mm. mm. 



From snout to vent " 70 80 



Head 12 14 



Tail 93 d 



Habitat. — This species was collected by Mr. Doerries near Khaba- 

 rovka, in the Ussuri. Nikolski has since recorded a specimen from 

 the valley of Sutchan River, also in the Ussuri district. Beyond 

 this nothing is laiown of the distribution of this species. 



Order SALIENTIA. 



1768. Salientia Laurenti, Syn. Kept., p. 24. 



1777. Ecaudata Scopoli, Introd. Hist. Nat., p. 464. 



1788. Batrachi Batsch, Anleit. Kenntn. Thiere Mineral.. I (p. 437). 



1802. Ranse Shaw, Gen. Zool., Ill, Pt. 1, p. 5. 



1806. Ecaudati Dumeril, Zool. Anal., p. 92. 



"From yi}, the earth, land, and the generic term Molge Merrem, a synonym of 

 Triturus Rafinesque, derived from the German word Molcli, a salamander. 



b Named in honor of Dr. Johann Gustav Fischer, the well-known Hamburg herpet- 

 ologist. Born on March 1, 1819; died on January 27, 1889. 



c Reproduced in this work on Plate V. 



<i Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1886, p. 416. 



