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
_Remarks._--_Rana rugosa_ was associated with _Rana nigromaculata_ and
_Rana amurensis coreana_ at all localities where the species was taken
save at 2 mi. E Hoengsong, where _R. a. coreana_ was not observed. Three
specimens of _R. rugosa_ were collected among grasses and reeds in
water along the edge of Ch´orwon Reservoir, 2 mi. S Ch´orwon, where they
were difficult to find in the thick vegetation even though their low,
soft calls were heard; the specimen from 1 mi. NW Oho-ri was found in a
rice field. Otherwise, habitats recorded indicate a preference for
small, fast-flowing streams, especially in wooded valleys. On one
occasion, individuals were found trapped in cement-walled pits about old
ruins on a wooded hillside in the Central National Forest. The earliest
and latest dates of capture among our specimens are May 15 and November
6. In addition to the localities listed above, the species was observed
4 mi. W Ch´ungju.
_R. rugosa_ may have an extensive breeding season as suggested by the
variation in size of frogs collected or observed in 1954. Of nine frogs
obtained on May 29, five ranged in snout-vent length from 26 to 28, and
four from 42 to 54. Three specimens collected on October 9 measured 39,
41, and 55, and two obtained on November 6 measured 25 and 37.
=Rana nigromaculata= Hallowell
_Rana nigromaculata_ Hallowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,
[12]:500 (for 1860), 1861 (type locality, Simoda, Japan).
_Specimens examined_ (47).--Central National Forest, near
Pup´yong-ni, 6 (KU); 2 mi. S Ch´orwon, 5 (KU); 4 mi. W Ch´ungju, 2
(KU); 7 mi. W Ch´ungju, 1 (KU); 2 mi. E Hoengsong, 1 (KU); 8 mi. SW
Kunsan, 1 (KU); 1 mi. NW Oho-ri, 5 (KU); 5 mi. ENE Pusan, 2 (KU); 5
mi. ESE Seoul, 9 (KU); 6 mi. E Seoul, 3 (KU), 10 (UMMZ); 6 mi. NNE
Sogwi-ri, Cheju Do, 2 (KU).
_Description._--Back brownish or grayish (greenish in life), having
few, indistinct or well-defined, dark blotches, or extensive
blackish areas (representing fusion of markings); pale, middorsal
stripe (pale green, buff or yellowish in life) from snout to anus,
sometimes as wide as interorbital width, but indistinct or lacking
when pattern on back absent; blackish bar often present behind
tympanum; posterior surface of thigh mottled; underparts pale yellow
to whitish, sometimes having a few dusky marks on throat;
longitudinal ridges between dorsolateral folds indistinct in some
small frogs; largest female and male having respective snout-vent
lengths of 100 and 70.
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