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Show 1899.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 911 in collecting would handle frogs, snakes, lizards, &c, and pick scorpions, large spiders, &c, but could never be persuaded to even touch a toad. Colour. In the breeding-season the males assume a very handsome appearance, the throat becoming bright chrome-yellow, and the sides of the head and chest yellow, spotted with black. Size. The largest Bangkok specimen measured 116 mm. from snout to vent. Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Sikhim Himalayas (up to 10,000 feet), Southern China, Hongkong, Cambodia, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Philippines. Tadpoles. I have observed the tadpole of B. mdanoslictus in April and October iu Singapore ; in March in Penang (mouth exactly as described in P. Z. S. 1896, p. 912; but colour of caudal crests almost none, transparent) ; in July and August in Bangkok; and at Batu Gajah, Perak, in December I caught a tadpole exactly like those of this species, except that the 2nd series of teeth in the upper jaw was uninterrupted. 39. BUFO MACROTIS Blgr. Bufo macrotis, Blgr. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, (2) v. 1887, p. 422, pl. iv. fig. 3; Blgr. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 502. Localities. This toad, previously known from Upper Burma and Pegu, has not been recorded from Siam before. I found it fairly numerous at Bawtong Kabin in March 1897. This species and B. melanostictus frequented the same spots. Size. Snout to vent 46 mm. Distribution. Burma, Siam. 40. BUFO PARVUS Blgr. Bufo parvus Blgr. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 346, pl. x. In November 1896 I found a single specimen under some dead leaves in jungle by the Waterfall Gardens, Penang. It was a very active toad, hopping like a frog; in captivity it refused to feed. The eyes are large and prominent, and the tympanum very distinct. Colour (in life). Above rich dark reddish brown; limbs dark brown mottled with light red. Below yellowish buff and purplish grey, speckled on the chin, throat, chest, and lower legs with dark brown. Iris golden and vandyke-brown, minutely speckled with black. Distribution. Pegu, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. 41. BUFO QUADRIPORCATUS Blgr. Bufo quadriporcatus, Blgr. A. M . N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 347, pl. x. fig. 4; Giinth. A. M. N. H. (5) xx. 1887, p. 314, pl. xvi. |
