April 1990 Asiatic Herpetological Research Vol. 3, pp. 64-66 1 Four Remarkable Reptiles from South China Sea Islands, Hong Kong Territory JAMES LAZELL 1 AND WENHUA LU 1 l The Conservation Agency, Rhode Island 02835, USA Key Words: Reptilia, Squamata, Hong Kong, distribution. FIG. 1. Hong Kong and nearby islands. 1. Hei Ling Chau. 2. Shek Kwu Chau. 3. High West Pokfulam, Hong Kong Island. Introduction There are at least one hundred vegetated islands, presumably supporting amphibians and/or reptiles, within the Hong Kong Territory. This is estimated to be about three percent of the total number of continental shelf islands in the South China Sea between Taiwan and Hainan Dao. Nevertheless, the number of endemic and isolated species documented from the territory in the comprehensive work of Karsen, Lau, and Bogadek (1986) is high: four endemics and at least fifteen widely disjunct populations. Here we add two species not previously recorded (both widely disjunct) and new records of species poorly documented before (Fig. 1). Voucher specimens are in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University. Dibamus cf. bourreti (White-tailed Two-footed Lizard) A single specimen, MCZ 172041, was
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