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Show 902 MR. S. S. FLOWER ON THE REFPILES AND [Dec 1, Stoliczka says this species is very common in Penang and Province Wellesley, and from Penang Hill (2000 ft.) he obtained a variety which he called pulla. There are specimens in the British Museum from Perak from Mr. Wray, from tbe Dindings from Mr. Ridley, and from Malacca from Mr. Hervey. This Frog was common about Tanglin, Singapore; usually, in April, found sitting on the banks of ponds in the evening; it does not attempt to escape by jumping into the water like Rana tigrina, R. macrodon, and R. flammea, but even if touched squats clown close on the clay, which its colour does not resemble, so is easily caught. Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 153) mentions Bufo penangensis as having a similar habit. The largest Tanglin specimen was 62 m m. from snout to vent. Their usual coloration seems, pale olive-green above, with dark green blotches and a distinct, narrow, pale yellow dorsal stripe; the underneath being immaculate buff, except the lips which have distinct black spots, and the throat (male) has two large black blotches. Hab. Sikhim, India, Ceylon, Burma, China, Formosa, Japan, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 9. RANA HASCHEANA, Stol. Polypedates hascheanus, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 147, pl. ix. fig. 3.' Bana hascheana, Sclater f., P. Z. S. 1892, p. 344. Stoliczka says: " I found this species tolerably common all through the higher forests (about 1000 feet above sea-level) in the island of Penang ; I have seen hundreds of specimens in different places of the island, It is generally seen on the leaves of small bushes or on the ground between old leaves." Hab. Malay Peninsula and Natuna Islands. 10. RANA ERYTHRCEA, Schl. (Plate XLV. fig. 2.) Llmnodgtes ergthrceus, Cantor, p. 141. Hylarana erythrcea, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 425. Bana erythrcea, Boul. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 65. Cantor mentions having observed three individuals from the Malay Peninsula. Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 112) found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Perak from Mr. Wray. I found one individual in the Lines, Penang, in May 1895, but in Singapore in April 1896. I found it excessively numerous about the ponds at Tanglin and in the Botanical Gardens, in ditches near Thompson Road and in the low-lying fields up the Singapore river, where it may be heard croaking at night. This is a most active, agile Frog, both on land and in the water; it can hop over the surface of a pond, much as Bana cyanophlyctis does in India, and also jump right out of the water. Owing to the vivid green colour of its back exactly matching the colour of the weeds in a pond, it is often difficult to see but for its |
