Amphibians and Reptiles of the Kuril Islands

LEV BORKIN

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

I. Caudata

    1. Family Hynobiidae
      1. Salamandrella keyserlingii Dybowski, Paramushir, Shumshu, Kunashir

II. Anura

    2. Family Hylidae
      2. Hyla japonica Gnther, Kunashir (very dubious record), Shikotan
    3. Family Ranidae
      3. Rana chensinensis David, Kunashir, Shikotan, Tanfiliev, and perhaps on other small southern islets

III. Lacertilia

    4. Family Scincidae
      4. Eumeces latiscutatus (Hallowell), Kunashir

IV. Serpentes

    5. Family Colubridae
      5. Elaphe climacophora (Bole), Kunashir
      6. Elaphe japonica Maki, Kunashir
      7. Elaphe quadrivirgata (Bole), Kunashir

REFERENCES

BANNIKOV, A. G., I. S. DAREVSKY, V. G. ISHCHENKO, A. K. RUSTAMOV, and N. N. SHCHERBAK. 1977. A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the U.S.S.R. Prosveshchenye Publishing House, Moscow, 414 pp. [in Russian].

BORKIN, L. J., and Yu. M. KOROTKOV. 1981. On the protection of the amphibians and reptiles of Siberia and the USSR Far East. pp. 28-37, In: L. J. Borkin (ed.), Herpetological Investigations in Siberia and the Far East. Leningrad [in Russia n].

BORKIN, L. J., and A. M. BASSARUKIN. 1984. Distribution, ecology, and morphological variation in the Siberian salamander, Hynobius keyserlingii, on Sakhalin Island. Proc. Zool. Inst., USSR Acad. Sci., Leningrad, 124: 12 -54 [in Russian].

BORKIN, L. J., and V. G. KREVER. 1987. Protection of amphibians and reptiles in natural reserves of the Russian Federation. pp. 39-53, In: I. S. Darevsky and V. G. Krever (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of Protected Territories. Moscow [in Russian].

BORKIN, L. J., and S. L. KUZMIN. 1988. Amphibians of Mongolia. pp. 30-197, In: E. I. Vorobieva and I. S. Darevsky (eds.), Amphibians and Reptiles of the Mongolian People's Republic. Moscow [in Russian].

BORKIN, L. J., M. NISHIOKA, M. SUMIDA, and Z. WU. 1992. Genetic differentiation of thirty populations of amphibians of the Palearctic region elucidated by the electrophoretical method. Sci. Rep. Lab. Amphibian Biol., Hiroshima Univ., 11(3): 109 -160.

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