TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Table of contents v 



List of illustrations ". xi 



Preface xvii 



Herpetoiogy of Japan and adjacent territory 1 



Class Amphibia 1 



Order Caudata 2 



Suborder Mutabilia 3 



Family Cryptobranchida* 3 



Genus 1. Megalobatrachus 4 



I. japonicus 6 



Family Salamandridae 11 



Genus 2. Tylototriton 12 



2. andersoni 12 



Genus 3. Diemictylus 15 



3. pyrrhogaster 16 



4. ensicauda 22 



Family Ambystomida^ 24 



Genus 4. Hyxobius 25 



5. naevius 26 



6 leechii 29 



7. nel)ulosus 30 



8. i^eropus 32 



9. nigrescens 34 



10. lichenatus 36 



Genus 5. Salamaxdrella 37 



II. keyserlingii 37 



Genus G. Onychodactylus 42 



12. japonicus 42 



Genus 7. GeoMOLCE 47 



13. fischeri 47 



Order Salientia 47 



Suborder Costata 50 



Family Discoglossidse 50 



Genus 8. Bombixa 50 



14. orientalis 51 



Suborder Linguata 54 



Family Bufonida' 55 



Genus 9. Brro 55 



15. formosus 60 



16. smithi 64 



17. sachalinensis 65 



18. bufo asiaticus 66 



19. bufo japonicus 69 



20. raddei 70 



21. melanostictus 72 



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