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\XI) FAUNA OF SOOCHOW AND VICINITY 



List of Amphibia in and around Soochow, 



AMPHIBIA. 



Ranidae. Frogs. 



Rana kuhlii, D. & B. 

 Rana plancyi, Lataste, 

 Rana tigrina, Duad. 

 Rana limnoeharis,Weigm. 

 Rana esculenta, L. 

 ? Rana latouchii. 

 Hylidae. Tree Frogs. 

 Hyla arborea, var. im- 



maculata, Boett. 

 Hyla arborea, var. sinen- 

 sis, Gthr. 

 Rhacophorus leucomys- 

 tax, Gravh. 



B ufonidae . Toads. 

 Bufo vulgaris, Laur. 

 Bufo vulgaris, var. bufo 



bufo asiaticus, Stein. 

 Bufo vulgaris, var. bufo 

 bufo gargarizans, Can- 

 tor. 

 ? Bufo melanostictus. 

 Salamandridae . Salaman- 

 ders. 

 Diemictylus pyrrhogaster, 

 Boie. 

 Amphiumidae . 

 Cryptobranchus maximus, 

 Chapmn. 



List of Reptiles in and around Soochow. 



REFT ILIA. 



Trionychidae. Soft Shelled 

 Tortoises. 

 Trionyx sinensis, Wiegm. 

 Trionyx maachii, Brandt. 

 Tesludinidae. True Tortoi- 

 ses. 

 Damonia reevsi Gray. 

 Damonia reevsi, var. uni- 

 color (Black variety 

 from Tai Hu), 

 Lacertidae. Lizards. 



Takydromus septentrion- 

 alis, Gthr. 

 Scinidae. Skinks. 



Eumeces sinensis, Gray. 

 Eumeces elegans, Blgr. 

 Geckonidae. Geckos. 

 Gecko japonicus, D. & B. 



Colubridae. Snakes. 



Lycodon rufozonatus, 

 Cantor. 



x\.blabes major, Gthr. 



Simotes cyclurus, Cantor. 



Coluber taeniurus, Cope. 



Coluber rufodorsatus, 

 Swinhoe. 



Coluber dione, Pallas. 



Zaocys dhumnades, Can- 

 tor. 



Tropidonotus annularis, 

 Hall. 



Tropidonotus tigrinus, 

 Boie. 

 Viperidae. Pit Vipers. 



Ancistrodon blomhomi, 

 Boie. 



Lygosoma laterale, Say. 



Also Alligator sinensis, Fauvel. 



Father Courtois has made a brief systematic list of some 

 of the fishes of China and we have already printed a list of 

 some three hundred species, representing about one third of 

 the forms known from China. A complete listing of the 

 fishes is a thing much to be desired. 



It is to be hoped that before very much longer des- 

 criptions and keys to these various groups may be made so 

 that more students may begin to' work along these lines. 



