EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate I. 



Sketch map of Japan and adjacent territory. 



Plate II. 



Figs. 1-3. Diemiclylus pyrrhogaster, fig. 1, animal from above; fig. 2, from Iho side; 

 fig. 3, from below. Natural size. From Schlegel, Fauna .Taponica, 

 Saurii et Batrachii, pi. iv, figs. 1-3. 



Plate III. 



Figs. 1-3. nynobius nsevius, fig. 1, animal from side; fig. 2, anterior jjortion of 

 animal from below; fig. 3, from above. Natural size. 

 4-0. Hynobius nebulosus, fig. 4, anterior portion of animal from below; fig. 

 5, from above; fig. 6, entire animal from side. Natural size. From 

 Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Saurii et Batrachii, pi. iv, figs. 4-9. 



Plate IV. 



Figs. 1-3. Hynobius lichenatus, fig. 1, animal from above; fig. 2, from below; fig. 3, 

 open mouth. From Boidenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), XII, 1883, 

 pi. V, figs. 1-lb. 

 4-7. Hynobius peropus, fig. 4, animal from above; fig. 5, from below; fig. 6, 

 head from side; fig. 7, open mouth. From Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Grad. 

 Brit. Mus., 1882, pi. ii, figs. 1-lr. 

 8. Hynobius leechii, open mouth. From Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (5), XIX, 1887, p. 07. 



Plate V. 



Figs. 1-4. Onychodactylus japonicus, fig. 1, larva; fig. 2, fore foot; fig. 3, hind foot; 

 fig. 4, toe with nail, from side. From Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Saurii 

 et Batrachii, pi. v, fig. 4. 

 5-6. Geornolge fischeri, fig. 5, adult animal from above; fig. 6, open mouth. 

 From Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1886, pi. xxxix, figs. 2 and 'lb. 

 7-8. Salamandrella keyserlingii, fig. 7, animal from above; fig. 8, from side. 

 From Strauch, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petorsbourg (7), XVI, No. 4, pi. ii, 

 figs. 2a-b. Natural size. 



Pl.\te VI. 



Figs. 1-3. Onychodactylus japonicus, adult, fig. 1, animal from side; fig. 2, from 

 above; fig. 3, from below. Natural size. From Schlegel, Fauna 

 Japonica, Saurii et Batrachii, pi. v, figs. 1-3. 



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