THE HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 



Executive Council 2002 

 President: Masafumi MATSUI, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Stud- 

 ies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan 



(fumi@zoo.zool. kyoto-u .ac.jp) 

 Secretary: Tsutomu HIKIDA, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, 



Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan 



(tom@zoo . zool . kyoto-u .ac.jp) 

 Treasurer: Akira MORI, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto 



University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan (gappa@ 



zoo . zool . kyoto-u .ac.jp) 

 Managing Editor: Hidetoshi OTA, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of 



the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0213 Japan (ota@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp) 

 Officers: Masami HASEGAWA (PXlM-HSGW@asahi-net.or.jp), Tamotsu KUSANO 



(tamo@comp.metro-u.ac.jp), Showichi SENGOKU, Michihisa TORIBA (snake-a@ 



sunfield.ne.jp), Kinji FUKUYAMA (fukuyama@hc.cc.keio.ac.jp) 

 Main Office: Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 



Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502 Japan 

 Honorary Member: Hajime FUKADA, Richard C. GORIS 



Current Herpetology. — Current Herpetology publishes original research articles on 

 amphibians and reptiles. It is the official journal of the Herpetological Society of 

 Japan and is a continuation of Acta Herpetologica Japonica (1964-1971) and 

 Japanese Journal of Herpetology (1972-1999). 



Herpetological Society of Japan. — The Herpetological Society of Japan was estab- 

 lished in 1962. The society now publishes Current Herpetology and Bulletin of the 

 Herpetological Society of Japan, each twice per year. Current Herpetology is 

 printed solely in English and is international in both scope of topics and range of 

 contributors. Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan is printed exclusively 

 in Japanese and publishes more regional topics and announcements about the 

 Herpetological Society of Japan. 



Membership and Subscriptions. — Membership (including subscriptions) is open to 

 all interested persons. Current annual fees are 5,000 yen for the regular members 

 who receive both Current Herpetology and Bulletin of the Herpetological Society 

 of Japan. For those who wish to have Current Herpetology only, there is a reduction 

 to 3,000 yen. To subscribe to Current Herpetology and/or Bulletin of the Herpeto- 

 logical Society of Japan, please contact the Treasurer. We accept VISA and Master 

 Card. If you need to use a bank check, please add 2,000 Japanese yen for the 

 handling charge. 



All other correspondence regarding the society, including the availability and cost 

 of society publications, should be directed to the office of the Secretary. 



Cover Illustration: Large- and small-headed larvae of Hynobius retardatus. 

 Redrawn from figures by Yukihiro Kohmatsu 



