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    Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea
    Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea
    Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea
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    Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea

    By George W. Byers, Robert G. Webb and J. Knox Jones

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea - George W. Byers

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      Title: Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea

      Author: Robert G Webb

      J. Knox Jones

      George W. Byers

      Release Date: January 13, 2011 [EBook #34949]

      Language: English

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      Transcriber's Notes

      Some unexpected spellings have been retained from the original:

      Page 155 onwards: parotoid appears for parotid.

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      The following changes to the text have been made:

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      Contents:

      Title Page.

      Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea.

      Gazetteer.

      Literature Cited.

      University of Kansas Publications

      Museum of Natural History

      Volume 15, No. 2, pp. 149-173

      January 31, 1962

      Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea

      BY

      ROBERT G. WEBB, J. KNOX JONES, JR., AND GEORGE W. BYERS

      University of Kansas

      Lawrence

      1962

      University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

      Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch, Theodore H. Eaton, Jr.

      Volume 15, No. 2, pp. 149-173

      Published January 31, 1962

      University of Kansas

      Lawrence, Kansas

      PRINTED BY

      JEAN M. NEIBARGER, STATE PRINTER

      TOPEKA, KANSAS

      1962

      28-8517

      Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea

      BY

      ROBERT G. WEBB, J. KNOX JONES, JR., AND GEORGE W. BYERS

      In 1954, two of us (Jones and Byers) collected reptiles and amphibians in Korea incidental to field studies relating to hemorrhagic fever. The 382 specimens thus obtained were deposited either in the Museum of Natural History of The University of Kansas (KU), or in the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan (UMMZ), and are the basis for the present report. Continuous American military operations of one sort or another in Korea since 1945 have afforded opportunities for interested persons to obtain there collections of amphibians and reptiles, the study of which has resulted in several recent publications (Babb, 1955; Dixon, 1956; Hahn, 1959 and 1960; Shannon, 1956 and 1957; Stewart, 1953 and 1954; Tanner, 1953; Walley, 1958a and 1958b). This paper, which contains comments on the natural history and taxonomy of 22 species, all previously reported from Korea, supplements earlier studies, especially Shannon's (1956) annotated list of the herpetofauna of the country.

      Shannon (loc. cit.) recorded 36 kinds of reptiles and amphibians from Korea. Subsequently, Bufo stejnegeri (previously omitted) was added by Shannon (1957), Takydromus takydromoides oldi was described by Walley (1958a), and Takydromus kwangakuensis was relegated to synonymy under T. amurensis by Walley (1958b). Presently, then, 37 kinds are on record from the Korean Peninsula.

      In the accounts beyond, Jones and Byers are mostly responsible for the remarks on natural history, whereas Webb is mostly responsible for the taxonomic comments. The synonymies include (1) the original description, which is followed by (2) the first use of the name-combination here employed if it differs from the name as originally proposed, and (3) any synonyms having type localities in Korea. All measurements are in millimeters and all dates refer to the year 1954 unless otherwise indicated. A gazetteer of localities mentioned in the text and a list of literature cited follow the accounts

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