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Show 36 MR. G. A. B O U L E N G E R O N REPTILES, [Jan. 14, 52. N A I A BUNGARUS, Schleg. L TJp to 13 feet long. 53. AMBLYCEPHALUS CARINATUS, Reinw. I. 54. TRIMERESURUS FORMOSUS, Schleg. L 55. TRIMERESURUS WAGLERI, Schleg. I. 56. TRIMERESURUS PURPUREOMACULATUS, Gray. I. A single adult specimen, belonging to the var. carinatus, Gray. Uniform green above, the interstitial skin purplish brown ; a series of whitish spots along the outer series of scales ; lower parts uniform pale greenish. Scales in 27 rows; 15 scales in a transverse series between the supraoculars ; ventrals 161 ; subcaudals 64. BATRACHIA. 1. R A N A MACRODON, Kuhl. M., I. 2. RANA TIGRINA, Daud. I. 3. RANA LIMNOCHARIS, Wgm. M. 4. RANA ERYTHR_EA, Schleg. I. 5. RANA NICOBARIENSIS, Stol. M. 6. RHACOPHORUS LEUCOMYSTAX, Gravh. M. 7. RHACOPHORUS COLLETTI, sp. n. I. Vomerine teeth in two oblique series commencing at the inner front edge of the choanse, which are very large. Head as long as broad; skin of head free, smooth; snout triangular, a little longer than the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region oblique, slightly concave ; nostril near the tip of the snout ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, three fourths the diameter of the eye. Fingers long, with a slight rudiment of web ; toes nearly entirely webbed; disks of fingers about half the size of the tympanum, of toes smaller; subarticular tubercles moderate; a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limbs very long; the femoro-tibial articulation reaches the fore limb and the tibio-tarsal far beyond the tip of the snout; tibia two thirds the length of head and body. Skin smooth granular on the belly and under the thighs. Grey above, loreal region and sides of body lighter; lips with a fine blackish' edge ; limbs with dark cross-bands; anal region blackish, with a white edge above ; lower parts whitish. From snout to vent 62 millim. A single female specimen from Langkat. This species is closely allied to R. leucomystax, but differs in the much longer hind limbs. |