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
_Male (KU 40118 from 5 mi. E Seoul)._--Snout-vent length, 65; no
vocal sacs or slits; dorsal and inner surfaces of first and second
fingers, and inner surface of third finger black; canthus rostralis
indistinct (a well-defined ridge on right side); nostrils closer to
tip of snout than to eye, their distance from each other slightly
less than interorbital width; interorbital width (6.2) greater than
width of eyelid (4.7); tympanum distinct, circular, its diameter
(3.0) less than length of eye (6.5), and approximately twice
distance (1.6) of tympanum from eye; no cranial crests; parotoid
gland elongate, approximately twice as long as broad (12.5 × 5.0),
narrowly separated from posterior edge of eyelid; head elongate
(width at posterior edge of tympanum, 23.6); length from posterior
edge of tympanum to tip of upper jaw, 18.9; first finger slightly
longer than second, fourth finger about two-thirds as long as third;
most subarticular tubercles divided; outer palmar tubercle larger
than inner; heels not touching when folded legs placed at right
angles to longitudinal axis of body; tibiotarsal articulation just
reaching eye when leg laid forward; tarsometatarsal articulation not
reaching beyond snout; foot large (tibiotarsal articulation to tip
of fourth toe approximately 46.0); fourth toe approximately half
webbed, other toes more than half webbed; edges of webs somewhat
crenulate; some subarticular tubercles divided; length of inner
metatarsal tubercle (4.5) more than half length of first toe (7.0);
inner metatarsal tubercle larger than outer, both darkened; tarsal
fold extending from inner metatarsal tubercle for approximately
two-thirds length of tarsus; tips of toes (not fingers) darkened;
dorsal surface of back and proximal part of hind legs coarsely
granular, of rounded, pavement-type tubercles lacking sharp tips;
small group of warts near angle of jaw below parotoids; dorsal
pattern contrasting and irregular (especially on limbs), of dark
brown and pale gray; conspicuous black mark (interrupted) on lateral
surface of parotoid having two, well-defined spurs that project
posteroventrally; undersurface granular, lacking markings except for
two indistinctly-margined dark spots on chest, and black spot on
left leg.
_Remarks._--This nocturnal, introduced species (Okada, 1931:47) is
presumably widespread in Korea and seemingly prefers lowland habitats.
Individuals were taken in sparse vegetation on a sand flat near the Han
River, at the edge of a rice field in a light rain, along a road at
night, and in millet fields adjacent to the Han River, which was
flooding at that time (July 9).
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