BRONGERSMA, L D

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'.•.NOTES ON THE LIST OF.REPTILES OF JAVAbyL. D.BRONGERSMA(ZoologischMuseum,Amsterdam).'fOn requestor Dr.K. W. DAMMERMANI revisedandannotateda list of thereptilesfrom Java which was made after DE ROOIJ: Reptiles of the Indo-bAustralianArchipelago(VoL I 1915,VoL II 1917).This list was published(Treubia VoL XI) without tht annotationsandI think it advisableto give thesenoteshereseparately.At the sametime Iincludethe resultsof articlespublishedsincethe revising.If localitiesaregivenwithoutfurtherreferenceto literaturethey aretakenfromDEROOIJ (op. cit.).The nomenclatureis also accordingto DEROOIJ., HemiriactylusfrenatusD-r:M.et BIER.This speciesis recordedfrom East Java (Soerabaia)by MERTENS(1929).It was not yet mentionedfrom this part of the island.HemidactylusgarnotiDUM.et BIBR.LesserSundaIslands:Lombok,MER'l'ENS(1927p. 242).Mime..tozooncraspedotus(MoCQ.)Recordedfrom Java by HOLTZINGER(1920).At the time of revisingthelist this publicationwas not availableto me.Thanks to the author'skindnessI amableto makeuseof the originalpublication,and so someotherspeciesmentionedfromJava whichwerenot citedin theZoologicalRecordareincludedhere.MERTENS(1929)hadcontrolledtheidentificationof thespecimensmention-edby HOLTZINGER,and it was foundthat theywerenot Mimetozoonat all butHemidactylusplatyurus (SClIN.).Gehyramutilata(WIEGM.)LesserSundaIsles: Komodo,Wetar: DUNN(1927b);Bali, Lo~bok: MER-TENS (1927,p. 242).CentralJava wasnotmenti0!ledin the list, MERTENS(1929a,p.26)recordsspecimensfromWonosoboand Boroboedoer.DAphaniotisfuscaPTRS.Recordedfrom Java by HOLTZINGER(1920,p. 101).MERTENSthinks thateitherthe identificationor the locality mustbe wrong(1929a,p. 26).299,.(300 TREUBIAVOL.·XII, LIVR.3-4.CophotissumatranusHUBR.MERTENS(1921,p. 179-180;1929a,p. 32) mentionsa specimenfromWestJava. ~Gonyocephalusborneensis(SCHLEG.)Not mentionedin the list; HOLTZINGER(1920,p. 101),recordsa specimenfromJava.Gonyocephaluschamaeleontiml,S(LAUR.) e,DUNN(1927b,p. 4) writes: "G. kuhli is clearly a synonym".So far asonecanjudgefromthesmallnumberof specimensat my disposalI canwell agreewith DUNN.Calotesversicolor(DAUD.)ItOLTZINGER(1920,p. 101)mentionsa specimenfrom Java.MERTENS(1929a,p. 28) quiterightly doubtsthis locality.Uprio this timethespecieswasknownin theArchipelagoonly fromSumatra(DEROOIj).Tiliqua gigas(SCHN.)Sumatra;WERNER,Zool.J ahrb.28,,al91O,p. 286.Further easternpart of the Archipelago:.Moluccas,New Guinea.Mabuia rugifera(STOL.)Also on the Nicobars.M abuia multifasciata(KUHL)M. rudisBLGR.is a synonym:SMITH:(1927,p. 215).Aru and Kei Isles,oLygosoma.In the list I havetakenthe namesas givenby DEROOIJ.If wetakethedescriptionof 13specimensof Lygosomaemigmns(v, LlDTH)by DUNN(1927b,p. 6)it is clearthat a divisionintoseperategeneraot subgenerais not possible.Lygosomasmaragdinum(LESS.)MERTENS(1929b, p. 213)writes: "auf Java fehlt Dasia smaragdinumbe-stimmt".The specimenmentionedby DEROOIJ(I, p. 20; v. LIDTH1893,p.252)doesnot belongto this species(MERTENS1929b,p. 215)so that possibleit doesnot occurat all in Borneo.LygosomaleucostictumMULLER.This specieswas describedby 1\1,ULLER(Zool.Anz. Bd. 57, 1923,p. 54)from Java?LygosomatemminckiDUM.et BlBR.LesserSundaIsles: Bali, MERTENS(1927,p. 242~),.IL. D. BRONGERSMA:Noteson the l'ist"ofreptilesof Java. 301Lygosomacyanurum(LESS.)STERNFELD(19~,p.407)andPARKER(1925,15:299)cameto the conclusionthat the spelliimensmentionedby mostauthorsunderthis namebelongto twodistinctspecies:One with 33-51subdigital la~ellaeoccurringin the Archipelagofrom theNew Hebrids and SolomonIslands westwards;the other with 65-80lamellaefromtheMoluccas1) eastwards.The speciesWiththe low numberof lamellaewas namedL. kordoanumby .STERNFELD,1~:lessoniiby,PARKER..Accordingto fSCHUZ(1929,p. 7-9) thenamemustbeL. werneriVOIGT1912.The specieswith the high numberof lamellaekeepsthe nameL. cyanurum(LESS.). ' "Specimensfrom Borneowereexaminedby DUNN(1927b,p. 10) and foundto belongto L. werneri.Specimensfrom Java wereexaminedby me witt, thesameresult.It is possiblethat the oocurrenceon theseislandsis not a naturalone.DE BEAUFORT(1926,p. 94) mentionsa specimenseenrunningonthe railingof a shipbetweenSoerabaiaand Semarang.The ship camefrom the MoluccasandNew Guinea.DUNN(1927b,p. 9) mentionsthe possibilitythat the specimensmentionedby DEROOIJ) (I, p. 254)fromSamao,Timor andGrootBastaardbelongto hisnewspeciesL. similis.Lygosemaactrocostatum(LESS.) ,• MentionedunderMalay P~ninsula;accordingto DEROOIJ only Pultl TikunearPenangandSingapor~.Lygosomabowringi(GTHR).LesserSundaIsles; Bali, Lombok: MERTENS(1927,p. 242).Sumatra(Atjeh,Lho Seumaweh):MERTENS(1929c).L'ygosorrialbopunctatumGRAY.Java, HOI,TZINGER(1920,p. 102),notmentionedin the list; MERTENS(1929a,p.26)doubtsthe locality.'l'yphlopspolygrammicusSCRL.LesserSuildaIsles: Timor.TropidonotussubminiatusSCHL.Sumatra,WERNER:Misc; Zool.SumatranaXIX, 1927,p. 1.SimotessignatusGTHR.Malay Peninsula:only Singapore.Ablabeslibertatis(BARB.)This speciesis a synonymof Zamell,pis'korrosSCRL.:DUNN(1927a,p.l.).CalamariasumatranaEDELING.Malay Peninsula:only Singapore.') Seealso KOPSTEIN: Zool. Med. Leiden,.Vol. 9, 19126,p. 9,5••302 '1'REUBIA.VOL.XII, LIvR. 3- 4.CalamariagoeringiVOGT.This specieswasdescribedfromJava withoutan exact'"locality (Zool.Anz.Bd~62,1925,p. 65),,0'Calamarialeucocephala(DuM. et BlBR.) and CalamariaagamensisBtim.. .LesserSundaIsles: Bali, MERTENS(1927,p. 242),as C. agamensisjC; aga-mensisis an individualvariationof C. leucocephala(MERTENS,1929c).CalamariajavanicaBLGR. 0Borneo:C. j. lineataBRONGERSMA:ZooLAnz. Bd. 75,1928,p. 256.Amblycephaluscan:natusBOlE.MERTENS(1927,p. 242)recordsA. carinatus(WAGLER)<fromLombok"andfrom Java (1929a,p. 32). WAGLERmust be usedas author'snameinsteadofBont (BARB,OUR,Mem. Mus. Camp. ZooL Vol. 44, p. 138,1912).Fipera russeli(SHAw).DE ROOIJdid not includethis speciesin herwork as shedoubtedits occur-rencein theArchipelago.BOULENGER(1896,p. 490)mentionsthe speciesfrom Java with a (?).DUMEJRILandBIBRON(1854,p. 1435)mentiona specimenfrom Java.STRAUCH(1869,p. 87) recDrdsa specimenfrom Sumatra(in the LeidenMuseum), ~ ••D~TMARS(1910,p. 323)recordsspecimensfrom Sumatra.In 1927DUNN(1927a,p.4) collectedtwospecimensonRomodoandMERTENS(1927,p. 182)onespecimenat Endeh(Flores).DUNNhas comparedhis specimenswith specimenscollectedin India andfinds no difference.MERTENSdescribeshis specimenas a newsubspeciesV.r.·limitans.Thesediscoveriesmakeit moreprobablethat the speciesoccurs,andthenvery rarely, or occurredon Sumatraand Java.Notochelysplatynota(GRAY).Mentionedby DEROOIJ in the descriptivepart (VoL I, p. 3(4) but notinher list on p. 349..LITERATURE CITED.BEAUFORT,L. F. DE,1926: Zoogeographievan denIndischenArchipel,Haarlem,Erven Bohn.BOULENGER,G. A. 1896:Cat. SnakesBrit. Mus. Vol. III,p. 490.DAMMERMAN,K. W. 1929: The Zoog~ographyof Java. (Appendix:List oftheReptilespp. 64-68).Treubia,Vol. VI,Livr.I,pp.1-88.DITMARS,1910: Reptilesof the World, p. 323(cited by Dui-m,1927a,p. 5).DUMERILet BlBRON,1854: ErpetologiegenenileVII, PI>. 1435-1436.

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