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probably due to a confusion with David's types of PachytHton hre- 

 vipes which came from that province. His types of B. sinensis^ 

 however, were taken in Moupin, and there can be but little doubt 

 that the latter is also the locality of our specimen. 



Order SALIENTIA 

 Family DISCOGLOSSIDAE 



BOMBINA ORIENTALIS (Boulenger) 



Herp. Japan, 1907, p. 51, pi. 7. Add to synonymy : 



Bombinator oricntalis Wolterstorff, Abh. Mus. Magdeburg, vol. 1, l'.)06, 

 p. 132 (Tsingtau; Masampo, Korea). 



Bombina oricntalis Nikolski, Fauna Rossij, Amph., 1918, p. 177 (Pri- 

 morsk. Government ; Iliampo, Railway Sta., East. Chinese R. R., Man- 

 churia, etc.). 



Eight splendid specimens (Nos. 52345-52) were collected by Sow- 

 erby in Southern Manchuria, at the Yalu River, about 180 miles 

 from its mouth. Recently, Prof. C Ping has sent three specimens 

 (Nos. 66849-51) from Chefu. 



Family BUFONIDAE 



BUFO BUFO ASIATICUS (Steindachner) 



For synonymy and illustrations see Herp. Japan. 1907. pp. 66-67, figs. 49-52. 

 Add to synonymy : 



Bufo vulgaris Woltekstorff, Abh. Mus. Magdeburg, vol. 1906, p. 131 

 (Pingshiang; Hankow; Chinkiang ; Kiukiang; Shanghai; Tsingtau). — 

 SowERBY, in Clark and Sowerby. Through Shen-Kan, 1912. p. 112 

 (Shansi). 

 Bufo bufo asiaticns Nikolski, Fauna Ro.ssij, Amph., 1918, p. 126 (Ussuri; 

 Vladivostok ; etc.). 



The accumulation of toads since the issue of the Herpetology of 

 Japan, among which the splendid series from the type-locality of B. 

 dsiafieus, throws considerable light on the variation of the eastern 

 forms of B. bufo, without affording conclusive evidence as to the dis- 

 tinctness of the groups recognized by name at the present time. On 

 the other hand, there is not enough difference shown to justify their 

 treatment binominally. There is therefore no warrant for disturb- 

 ing the nomenclature of the Herpetology of Japan and the Faima 

 of Russia as yet. 



The character relied upon to distinguish B. asiaticus from B. 

 japonicus, viz., the unifrom pale or slightly dark-spotted underside 

 does not hold at all. As a matter of fact, in the 20 grown and half- 

 grown specimens from Shanghai nearly all have the underside 

 strongly marked with black imdulating and anastomosing blotches, 

 and only one, the smallest (No. 66347. total length 41 mm.) is un- 



