Year: 2017, Number: 2, Pages: 56-69
Seven species of amphibians and ten species of reptiles are currently recorded in the National Park «Land of the Leopard» in 2015–2016. Amphibia: Salamandrella tridactyla (Nikolsky, 1905) – Far East Salamander; Bombina orientalis (Boulenger, 1890) – Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad, Bufo gargarizans Cantor, 1842 – Asiatic Toad; Dryophytes japonicus Günther, 1859 – Japanese Tree Frog, Rana dybowskii Guenther, 1876 – Dybovsky’s Frog, R. amurensis Boulenger, 1886 – Siberian Wood Frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus (Hallowell, 1861) – Black-Spotted Frog. Reptilia: Takydromus amurensis Peters, 1881 – Amur grass lizard and T. wolteri Fischer, 1885 – Mountain grass lizard; Rhabdophis tigrinus (Boie, 1826) – Tiger Keelback, Hebius vibakari (Boie, 1826) – Japanese Keelback, Oocatochus rufodorsatus (Cantor, 1842) – Red-backed Rat snake, Elaphe schrenckii (Strauch, 1873) – Amur Rat Snake, Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773) – Steppes Rat Snake, Lycodon rufozonatum Cantor, 1842 – Red-banded Snake, Gloydius ussuriensis (Emelianov, 1929) – Ussuri Mamushi, Gloydius intermedius (Strauch, 1868) – Central Asian pitviper. Rare species L. rufozonatum is entered into the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (2001) and Red Data Book of Primorsky Krai (2005) and it inhabited in Russia only in National Park «Land of the Leopard». In the lower reaches of the rivers is marked O. rufodorsatus, listed in the Red Data Book of Primorsky Krai. It is assumed that the representatives of three amphibians and five species of reptiles can be additionally found in the National Park “Land of the Leopard”. The expected amphibian species are Hynobius leechii Boulenger, 1887 (Chinese Salamander, which is the most common species of Asian salamanders on the Korean peninsula and in the nearby provinces of China – Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang), Onychodactylus zhangyapingi Che, Poyarkov, & Yan, 2012 (Jilin Clawed Salamander, inhabiting the Chinese province of Jilin), and Strauchbufo raddei (Strauch, 1876) (Mongolian Toad, inhabiting the territories adjacent to the north-eastern side to the “Land of the Leopard"). The expected reptile species are Orthriophis taeniurus (Cope, 1861) (Beauty Snake), Elaphe anomala (Boulenger, 1916) (Korean Rat Snake), Elaphe davidi (Sauvage, 1884) (Pere David's Rat Snake), Gloydius brevicaudus (Stejneger, 1907) (Short-tailed Mamushi), inhabiting the similar biotopes in the neighboring Chinese provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang and Orientocoluber spinalis (Peters, 1866) (the Slender Racer, whose valid findings on the territory of Russia were recorded near the southern sections of the Land of the Leopard).