. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 341 habitat of the type of C. nebulosus, which is said to have been ''obtained by Mr. Whitely at Nagasaki" is undoubtedly erroneous, and it is ahnost certain tliat all the birds and reptiles recorded as obtained by him at that place were not actually collected there. They are of much more southern origin, most probably from some group of the Riu Kius. Description.— Young—Science College Museum, Tokyo, Japan, No. 15; Miyakoshima, Saki shima group; figs. 290-292. Rostral about as broad as high, visible from above; in
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. HERPETOLOGY OF JAPAN. 341 habitat of the type of C. nebulosus, which is said to have been ''obtained by Mr. Whitely at Nagasaki" is undoubtedly erroneous, and it is ahnost certain tliat all the birds and reptiles recorded as obtained by him at that place were not actually collected there. They are of much more southern origin, most probably from some group of the Riu Kius. Description.— Young—Science College Museum, Tokyo, Japan, No. 15; Miyakoshima, Saki shima group; figs. 290-292. Rostral about as broad as high, visible from above; internasals very small, the suture between them less than one-half the suture between the prefrontals; frontal much longer than its distance from the tip of the snout and equally suture between parietals; nostril large, extending nearly the entire height of the nasal; loreal trapezoidal higher behind, slightly longer than high; one preocular not in contact with frontal; two post-. 291. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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