Abstract
In March, 1973 and July-August, 1975, the author surveyed the herpetological fauna, excepting the snakes, of Miyako-jima, Kurima-jima, Tarama-jima, and Minna-jima, Miyako Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago. With the exception of Miyako-jima. these islands were surveyed for the first time from the herpetological point of view. Three species of amphibians and nine species of lizards were collected. Bufo bufo miyakonis, Hemidactylus bowringi, Gehyra mutilata, and Emoia atrocostata were collected only on Miyako-jima, while Hemidactylus frenatus, Eumeces kishinouyei, and Scincella boettgeri were found to be distributed on all these islands. Gehyra mutilata was newly recorded from the Miyako Islands. Rhacophorus viridis owstoni, Rh. japonicus, Eumeces marginatus, E. elegans, and Ateuchosaurus pellopleurus, which have already been known from Miyako-jima, were not obtained in these surveys. Some findings on the breeding season and the habitat of several species are mentioned, and the morphological variations in Rana limnocharis limnocharis, Scincella boettgeri, and Takydromus smaragdinus are described. The distri- bution of gekkonid lizards is discussed with reference to their habitats.
