Vor. III] VAN DENBURGH—REPTILES—CHINA, JAPAN, FORMOSA 199 
The coloration of a living specimen of B. holsti is described 
thus: The iris is golden above the level of the upper angle of 
the canthus, mahogany with black reticulations and golden 
sheen showing through below, rim golden. The pupil is black. 
Back uniform olive; sides olive brown with a few dark spots. 
A brown streak from tip of snout, through nostril and eye to 
temporal region. Lips dark brown with a golden stripe from 
nostril, below eye, under tympanum to above arm. The dorso- 
lateral fold is olive like the back, but along its outer edge are a 
few black blotches. The limbs are brownish olive above, the 
arms spotted with blackish brown, and the hind limbs with 
three broad, light-edged bars. The throat is dark brown. The 
chest is lighter, with gray granules showing through. The 
belly is dirty white. 
This frog was found only near Nago, Okinawa. The land 
east of Nago is very hilly with deep, shaded valleys in which 
are clear cool brooks, deeply shaded. In crevices of the rocks 
near the brooks, and in recesses near waterfalls, this frog and 
Rana namiyei were prevalent. Fifteen specimens were secured. 
Babina subaspera (Barbour) 
Rana subaspera was first described by Barbour, in 1908, 
from a single specimen “taken in the Riu Kiu Islands, May, 
1904 by a Japanese collector of Mr. Alan Owston.”’ Its exact 
place of origin has remained unknown. The collection now 
at hand contains some thirteen specimens of a large frog from 
Amami O shima which I believe is identical with Barbour’s 
species. There are certain points of difference between my 
specimens and the original description of R. subaspera, but Mr. 
Barbour, at my request, has been so kind as to re-examine his 
type specimen—which seems not to be in perfect condition— 
and writes me that the apparent differences are not real. Thus 
his specimen agrees with mine in the width of the interorbital 
space, the webbing of the toes, the length of the tibia, etc. 
As already stated under the heading B. holsti, this frog 
seems to be structurally like the preceding species in every 
respect except in the greater number of warts and the extent 
of the metatarsal fold. Nevertheless, the series of each at hand 
prove that we have to do with distinct species. B. subaspera 
