. Current herpetology. Reptiles; Herpetology. 38 Current Herpetol 23(1) 2004 measured in the same way as above and was photographed for the purpose of recording the coloration. Two adult males ( and mm in snout-vent length [SVL], and in mass, and 27 and 28 in body scale rows [BSR]), four adult females ( mm in SVL, g in mass, and 28 [n=3] or 29 [n=l] in BSR), and one juvenile ( mm in SVL, g in mass, and 28 in BSR) were collected while they were active on the ground. Four nests, each a hollow containing one adult female and six or seven eggs, were
. Current herpetology. Reptiles; Herpetology. 38 Current Herpetol 23(1) 2004 measured in the same way as above and was photographed for the purpose of recording the coloration. Two adult males ( and mm in snout-vent length [SVL], and in mass, and 27 and 28 in body scale rows [BSR]), four adult females ( mm in SVL, g in mass, and 28 [n=3] or 29 [n=l] in BSR), and one juvenile ( mm in SVL, g in mass, and 28 in BSR) were collected while they were active on the ground. Four nests, each a hollow containing one adult female and six or seven eggs, were also located beneath coral rocks. In each nest, the female was in a half-coiled posture, surrounding the clutch with its whole body and tail like brood- ing females of other conspecific (Wang, 1966; Kato and Ota, 1994) and congeneric popula- tions (Somma, 1990; Hosono and Hikida, 1999). All females but one, which escaped from a subsequent attempt at capture, and all clutches were collected and measured (Table 1). In all three females collected, the BSR number was 28. The clutches incubated in the laboratory hatched from 22 to 27 June (Table 1). The hatchlings, as well as the one juvenile collected during the field survey (see above), exhibited five longitudinal light lines against a dark gray ground color on the body. The distal half of the tail was light blue, whereas the proximal half was dark gray or tan. Posterior extensions of dorso-median and dorso-lateral light lines from the body were evident in the proximal 1/4-1/3 of tail, but then faded to become invisible posteriorly (Fig. lA). In the hatchlings from Taiwan, the body ground color was almost black, and the whole tail, as well as the poste- rior and distal portions of the hind limbs, was dark blue or violet. Posterior extensions of light lines from the body were visible in no more than the proximal 1/5 of the tail (Fig. IB). The one juvenile collected in the survey was similar in SVL to hatchhngs obtained in the P^^
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