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gratifying to find in the collections from Mr. Graham two full- 

 grown females, No. 63412, from Suifu, and No. 65922 from Shen- 

 Kai-Si, Szechwan, at an elevation of 9,400 feet. These I have been 

 able to compare with an extensive series of typical Formosan speci- 

 mens, and have been unable to discover any tangible differences 

 which would justify even a subspecific designation. Nor am I able 

 to detect any particular deviation in the direction of Bufo hlma- 

 layanus which might have been expected in view of the relationship 

 and closer geographic proximity to the latter. 



Bufo hankorensis is easily recognized by the broad, flat, and 

 smooth surface of the top of the head. The resemblance to B. iiieJa- 

 nostictus is merely superficial. 



BUFO RADDEI Strauch 



For synonymy and illustration see Herp. Japan, 1907, pp. 70-71, figs. 53-57. 

 Add to synonymy: 



Bufo raddei Elpatjewsky and Sabanejew, Zool. Jahrb. Syst., vol. 24, pt. 

 4, Dec. 1906, p. 262 (Kiakhta, etc.). — Sowerby, in Clark and Sowerby, 

 Through Shen-Kan, 1912, p. 112 (Shensi, Kansu). — Nikolski, Fauna 

 Rossij, Amph., 1918, p. 93 (Peking, Che-fu, Ordos, Alashan, Ussuri, 

 Koko-nor, etc.). 



1898. Bufo raddei, var. przewalskii Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Cen- 

 tral-Asien Reis., Zool., vol. 3, sect. 1, pt. 1, p. 48, pi. 1, fig. 6 (type locality 

 Koko-uor; type, Petrograd Mus. no. 2010; PrzhevaLski, collector). 



1898. Bufo raddei, var. pleskei Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Central- 

 Asien Reis., Zool., vol. 3, sect. 1, pt. 1, p. 48 (type-locality. Tola River 

 near Urga, Mongolia ; type, Petrogi'ad Mus. No. 1261 ; Pewtzow, collec- 

 tor). 



1910. ?Bufo nouettei Moquard, Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist., Paris, 1910, p. 152 

 (type-locality, Sachow and Suchow, Kansu; Kashgar, Sinkiang; types 

 in Paris Mus.; Dr. Louis Vaillant, collector). 



The three forms recognized nomenclatorially by Bedriaga were 

 not claimed by him to represent subspecies in the usual sense. Elpat- 

 jewsky and Sabenejew confirm this, but express the suspicion that 

 these color phases may be due to differences of sex or age. 



Twenty-six specimens received from Sowerby, partly collected by 

 himself in Shensi and Kansu and by A. L. Hall at Hei Sui, northern 

 Chili, close to the Mongolian border, thrown considerable light on 

 these questions. The Kansu specimens (Nos. 39368-73, six adult 

 males) were collected at Chen-Kow-Yi, 52 miles east of Lanchowfu 

 at 6,700 feet altitude, on July 18, 1909; those from Shensi as fol- 

 lows: No. 39378, a young specimen, at Hai-shan-ssu, at 3,600 feet 

 altitude, on August 26 ; Nos. 39374-6, three young ones, 30 miles east 

 of Yenanfu, 3,100 feet altitude, August 26; and No. 39377, adult 

 female, at Yellow River, 40 miles east of Shui-teh-chow, 2,300 feet 

 above the sea. Unfortunately the north Chili specimens, Nos. 



