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Vol. 5, p. 119-121. July 21, 1924. 



Occasional Papers 



OF THE 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



HERPETOLOGICAL NOVELTIES FROM CHINA. 

 BY LEONHARD STEJNEGER. 



Among the collections received by the United States National 

 Museum from its correspondents in China, a recent revision has 

 brought to light a certain number of undescribed forms which it 

 has been thought best to publish in advance of a more elaborate 

 report now in the printer's hands. 



Amphibia. 

 Microhyla grahami, new species. 



Diagnosis. — Interorbital space almost twice as wide as upper 

 eyelid; skin above, including head and legs, strongly tubercular; 

 toes with mere rudiment of web at base and scant indication of 

 lateral dermal margins; tips of digits very slightly widened; heel 

 of extended hind leg reaches middle of eye ; two small metatarsal 

 tubercles. 



Type-locality. — Sui-fu, Province of Szechwan, China. 



Type.—V. S. National Museum, No. 65,936; Rev. D. C. 

 Graham, collector. 



Microhyla sowerbyi, new species. 



Diagnosis. — Interorbital space slightly wider than upper eye- 

 lid; skin above, including head and legs, densely tubercular; toes 

 scant one-third webbed, with rather wide dermal margins and 

 well-developed disks; heel of extended hind leg reaches between 

 eye and tip of snout; two prominent, though small, subequal 

 metatarsal tubercles. 



Type-locality. — Near Yen-ping-fu, Province of Fukien, China. 



Type.—\J. S. National Museum, No. 65,309; A. de C. Sowerby, 

 collector (No. 231). 



Kaloula nigifera, new species. 

 Diagnosis. — ^Toes nearly one-third webbed at the base; fingers 

 dilated into well-developed truncated disks; upper surface and 

 sides with numerous elongated warts; interorbital space much 

 wider than upper eyelid; both metatarsal tubercles large, with 

 cutting edge, outer transverse. 



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