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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS O F T H E M A L A Y PENINSULA. 857 Dr. N. B. Dennys, Mr. D. F. A. Hervey, Mr. H. N. Ridley, Mr. L. Wray, etc. The specimens hitherto received have nearly all been collected in the more settled localities of tbe Peninsula, I. e. Penang, Province Wellesley, Perak, Malacca, and Singapore : the States of Kedah, Kelantan, Tringanu, Pahang, Johore, etc., are practically unexplored, so that it is probable that many additions are still to be made to the number of species of Reptiles and Batrachians from Malaya. There are Museums at Taipiug, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore: the collection in the latter place I have had some opportunity for examining, but want of time did not enable me to do so as thoroughly as I could have washed; the Taiping Museum I have only paid a short visit to; the Kuala Lain pur one I have not seen : there is also a large private collection of Snakes at the Prye Estate, Province Wellesley, and probably collections at other places. When all these have been thoroughly examined, we shall have a better knowledge of the relative abundance, localities, and varieties of the different species. I have to acknowledge m y sense of obligation to Mr. G-. A. Boulenger for his most kind and useful advice to m e both before starting to the East and in working out m y collection on returning home; also to Mr. J. C. Somerville, 5th Fusiliers, and Mr. H . N. Eidley, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, for assistance in collecting; I am also indebted to Mr. A. H . B. Dennys, of Penang, for a collection of Snakes made a few years ago in the Province Wellesley, and to Commissioner of Police Mitchell, of Kedah, for specimens from Kulim and neighbourhood. In this paper the following species are recorded from the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands for, I believe, tbe first time :- Gonatocles penangensls, sp. n., Mimetozoon Jloweri, Blgr., Lepidodac-tylus ceylanensis, Blgr., Mabuia novemcarlnata, Anders., Calamaria pavimentaia, Dum. & Bibr., Rana luctuosa, Peters, Ixalus plctus, Peters, and Calophrynus pleurostlgma, Tschudi; the variations of Rana macrodon are discussed; and the tadpoles of four species are described. The classification and nomenclature are according to the British Museum Catalogues of the Reptilia and Batrachia, to which valuable works I must refer for the complete synonymy of the various species mentioned; I have only quoted the names under which they appear in the standard works referred to. Order CHELONIA. Suborder ATHEC^. Family SPHARGiDiE. 1. DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA, L. Bermochelys coriacea, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 10 (skull fig. p. 9). There is a large specimen, uulabelled, in the Raffles Museum, Singapore, supposed to have been caught in the neighbourhood. Hab. Tropical seas ; sometimes occurs in the temperate seas. |