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Show 914 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Nov. 14, markings on the sides vary very much in intensity from time time. , Size, d from Penang : snout to vent 80 mm. ; width ot head at angle of jaw 36 mm. , 2 from Penang : snout to vent 90 mm.; width of head at angle of jaw 46 mm. Distribution. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. N.B.-MEGALOPHRYS MONTANA Kuhl. Megalophrys montana, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 442. A frog in the Museum at Taiping, said to have been caught in Perak, apparently belongs to this species. Distribution. Java, Sumatra, Dinagat Island ; Malay Peninsula (possibly). 46. MEGALOPHRYS LONGIPES Blgr. Megalophrys longipes, Blgr. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 850, pl. Iv. ; Giinth. A. M. N. H. (5) xx. 1887, p. 316. This species was first discovered by Mr. Wray; in April 1898 Mr. Keilich again obtained it in the Larut Hills in Perak, at an elevation of 4500 feet. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak). Order CAUDATA. Family SALAMANDRID^E. 47. AMBLYSTOMA PERSIMILE (Gray). Amblystoma persimile, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Grad. &c. p. 47. Two specimens were collected by M. Mouhot iu Siam, " probably at a considerable altitude." Distribution. Siam. Order APODA. Family CCECILIID^E. 48. ICHTHYOPHIS GLUTINOSUS (Linn.). Epicrium glutinosum, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 441 (1864). Lchthyophis glutinosus, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Grad. &c. p. 89, pl. fig. 2 (1882); Blgr. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 515, fig. p. 516 (1890). " Ngu pling " or " leech-snake " of the Siamese. |