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Show 1881.] ON REPTILES A N D FROGS FROM SINGAPORE. 215 3. O n a Collection of Reptiles and Frogs chiefly from Singapore. By W . T. B L A N F O R D , F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Received September 21, 1880.] (Plates XX. & XXI.) Through the kindness of Dr. N. B. Dennys, I have had an opportunity of examining a collection of Reptiles and Frogs made at Singapore, and belonging to the Raffles Museum at that port. The majority of the specimens were collected in the island of Singapore; but a few are from other localities; and in the case of some of the Lizards and Frogs, I am not quite certain whence they were originally obtained. Of all the Snakes (and these form the bulk of the collection) the localities are appended. The number of new species is small. It is evident that the Lizards and Frogs are but imperfectly represented; but the Snakes probably comprise, as I learn from Dr. Dennys, nearly all the forms occurring at Singapore. The following is a list of the species ; those on which remarks are added are distinguished by an asterisk (*). The nomenclature is in most cases that employed by Dr. Gunther in the ' Reptiles of British India.' REPTILIA. LACERTILIA. Gecko guttatus. Bronchocela cristatella. Calotes versicolor. OPHIDIA. Typhlina lineata. Macassar. Cylindrophis rufus. Singapore. * lineatus, sp. nov. Singapore. Xenopeltis unicolor. Singapore. *Oxycalamus longiceps. Singapore. Simotes octolineatus. Singapore. * dennysi, sp. nov. Singapore. Ablabes melanocephalus. Singapore. *Nymphophidium subannulatum (Odontomus subannulatus, JD. fy B.) Singapore. Compsosoma melanurum. Singapore. Dendrophis picta. Singapore. caudolineata. Singapore. Hydrosaurus salvator. * , sp. *Eumeces chinensis. *Ptyas mucosa. Hongkong. * korros. Singapore. Tropidonotus quincunciatus. Hongkong. trianguligerus. Singapore. stolatus. Singapore, Hongkong. * rhodomelas. Macassar. Cerberus rhynchops. Singapore. Homolopsis buccata. Singapore. Hipistes hydrinus. Singapore. Chrysopeleaornata. Singapore, Macassar, Tragops prasinus. Singapore, Macassar. Dipsas cynodon. Singapore, Sarawak. dendrophila. Singapore. |