THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATUEAL HISTORY 



[SIXTEI SERIES.] 

 No. 3. MARCH 11 



XX. — On a Gollection of Reptiles from China. 

 By Dr. A. Gunther, F.R.S. 



[Plate XII.] 



Mb. a. E. Pratt, who is engaged in exploring for Mr. J. H. 

 Leech the entomological fauna of the interior of China, has 

 availed himself of the opportunity thus afforded him of col- 

 lecting the reptiles and fishes of the country near Kiu Kiang, 

 on the Yantsze river. The reptiles were collected in the 

 mountains north of Kiu Kiang. Like all Chinese collec- 

 tions formed at a distance from the coast-line, at some well 

 ascertained locality, the present is a valuable contribution to 

 our knowledge of this fauna. The general features of the 

 reptilian fauna of China are fairly well known ; but compa- 

 ratively few reliable data have been collected which may serve 

 for a more detailed inquiry into the range of the species, and 

 lead to a complete knowledge of the manner in which the 

 tropical fauna gradually merges into that of temperate Asia. 



Mr. Pratt, besides, was particularly fortunate in discovering 

 a most interesting new form of Crotaline snake and in redis- 

 covering the genus PhyllopMsy of which one specimen only 

 was previously known. 



i, Emys Reevesiiy Gray. 



The ornamental colours of the soft parts are distributed as 

 follows :~ They consist of yellow bands and spots, edged with 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 6, Vol. i. 12 ' 



