Some Reptiles and Amphibians from KoreaJones, J. Knox
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Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea
Jones, J. Knox
Amphibians -- Korea; Reptiles -- Korea
_Specimens examined_ (5).--Central National Forest, near
Pup´yong-ni, 1 (KU); 4 mi. SW Ch´ongyang-ni, 1 (KU); 10 mi. NE
Mosulp´o, Cheju Do, 1 (UMMZ); 6-7 mi. NNE Sogwi-ri, Cheju Do, 1
(KU), 1 (UMMZ).
_Remarks._--The specimen from the Central National Forest was captured
on August 18 near a stream on a damp ground-cover of leaves. The
specimens from Cheju Do were taken in early September, one in a grassy
area, and the other two on earthen banks of road-cuts on the slopes of
Halla San. The stomach of one individual from Cheju Do contained an
earthworm. Our largest specimen, a male having 154 ventrals and 68
subcaudals, measured 508 (380 + 128).
The subcaudal counts of 68 (KU 38861) and 69 (UMMZ 113461) on two males
from Cheju Do are higher than the maximal count known for the subspecies
_ruthveni_ in Korea, and resemble those of _Amphiesma vibakari vibakari_
of the Japanese islands. The subcaudals average 61 (55-65) in _ruthveni_
and 71 (63-83) in _vibakari_ according to Van Denburgh (1923:3-4). A
juvenile from the Central National Forest (KU 38862), lacking the tip of
the tail, has 64 subcaudals.
=Dinodon rufozonatum= (Cantor)
_Lycodon rufo-zonatus_ Cantor, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 9:483,
August, 1842 (type locality, island of Chusan, China).
_Dinodon rufozonatus_, Peters, Sitzungsber. Gesell. naturf. Freunde
Berlin, p. 89, 1881.
_Specimens examined_ (4).--Central National Forest, near
Pup´yong-ni, 3 (KU); Yongsan (Seoul), 1 (UMMZ).
_Remarks._--The three specimens from the Central National Forest were
taken in the period August 12-26. Two were caught in live-traps set for
small mammals in deep forest among granite outcrops. The specimen from
Yongsan was obtained on October 27 in a partly wooded area. Ventrals and
subcaudals of our four specimens (all males) numbered, respectively,
198, 200, 198, 205, and 74, 75, 75, __. Total length of the largest
specimen was 960 (790 + 170).
We follow Chang (1932:54) and most subsequent authors in regarding _D.
rufozonatum_ as a monotypic species.
=Zamenis spinalis= (Peters)
_Masticophis spinalis_ Peters, Monatsber. preuss. Akad. Wiss.,
Berlin, p. 91 (for 1866), 1867 (type locality, unknown--"Mexico"
erroneously listed).
_Zamenis spinalis_, Günther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 9:22,
January, 1872.
_Specimens examined_ (2).--5 mi. ESE Seoul, 1 (KU); 6 mi. NNE
Sogwi-ri, Cheju Do, 1 (KU).
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