ART. 25 



CHINESE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES STEJNEGEB 



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NATRIX STOLATA (Linnaeus) 



Synonymy in Herpt. Japan, 1907, p. 280, to 

 which add : 



Tropidonotus (Amphiesma) stolaiits Muel- 

 ler, Verh. Naturg. Ges. Basel, vol. 6, pt. 4, 

 1878, pp. 603, 675 (Prov. Kwangtung, 

 China, etc.). 



TropUloiwtus stolatufi Roettger. Offenbacli. 

 Ver. Naturk., 24-25 Ber., 1885, p. 150 (Nien- 

 hong-Ii near Hongkong). ^Werner, Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss.. II Kl., vol. 22, pt. 2, 

 1903, p. 363.— Stanley, Journ. N. China 

 Asiat. Soc, vol. 45, 1914, p. 28 (Fukien) ; 

 vol. 47, 1916, p. xiv (Ningteh, Fukien). 



Four specimens, one from C R. Kellogg 

 (No. 64642), and three by Mr. Sowerby 

 (Nos. 65390, 65397, 65403), all collected at 

 or near Foochow and Yen-ping- fu, seem to 

 indicate that this widely distributed species 

 is not rare in Fukien. 



NATRIX TIGRINA LATERALIS (Berthold) 



Synonymy in Herp. Japan, 1907, p. 278, to 

 which add : 



Tropldonotus tigrinus Soweeby, in Clark and 

 Sowerby, Through Sh§n-Kan, 1912, p. 109 

 (Shansi; Shensi; Kansu). — Bedriaga, 

 Wiss. Res. Przewalski Central-Asien Reis., 

 Zool., vol. 3, sect. 1, pt. 4, June, 1912, p. 

 689 (Ordos). — Stanley, Journ. N. China 

 Asiat. Soc, vol. 45, 1914, p. 28 (Manchuria; 

 Chihli ; Shansi ; Kiangsu ; Chekiang ; 

 Fukien) ; vol. 47, 1916, p. xiii (Chuchow, 

 Anhui; Paikuhsian, Shansi; Changning. 

 Kiangsi) ; vol. 50, 1919, p. xv (Kihungshan, 

 S. Honan) ; p. xvi (Weihaiwei). — Gee, 

 Journ. N. China Asiat. Soc, vol. 50, 1919, 

 p. 184 (Soochow). 



Amphiesma tigrinum Mocquard, Bull. Mus. 

 Hist. Nat, Paris, 1910, p. 149 (Lanchow, 

 Kansu; Siganfu, Shensi). 



Tropidonotus tigrinus lateralis Nikolski, 

 Fauna Rossij, Rept., vol. 2, 1916, p. 40 

 (Hongkong; Choi-shan, etc) 



In the Herpetology of Japan (p. 278) I 

 expressed the opinion that while in the 

 series of records then (1907) available, 

 namely 62 A^. tigrina and 20 A'', lateralis, 

 there was a small gap between the mini- 

 mum total of ventrals plus subcaudals of 

 227 in the former, and the maximum of 224 

 in the latter, " it can hardly be doubted that 

 a larger series would bridge it,*' and that 



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