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Show 1900.] ON THE FROGS OF THE " SKEAT EXPEDITION." 883 52. CERYUS PORCINUS Zimm. Cervus porcinus, Zimm. Spec. Zool. Geogr. Quad. p. 532 (1777); Flower, op. cit. p. 374. The collection contains a pair of horns belonging to this species, but with no data. 53. TRAGULUS JAVANICUS (Gmel.). Moschus javanicus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 174 (1788). Tragulus javanicus, Flower, op. cit. p. 374. a. 8 ad. sk. Tale Nowy, Lacoon, 3rd April, 1899. b. 8 juv. sk. Tale Nowy, Lacoon, 3rd April, 1899. c. 2 ad. sk. Tale Nowy, Lacoon, 4th March, 1899. d. 8 ad. sk. Aring, Kelantan, 11th Sept., 1899. e. 2 ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, 14th May, 1899. /, g. 8 2 skeletons. Bukit Besar, 8th May, 1899. h. Skull (no particulars). Native name : " Kanchil, Pelandoc." 54. MANIS JAVANICA Desm. Manis javanica, Desm. Mamm. p. 377 (1822); Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 195; Flower, op. cit. p. 378. a. Ad. sk. Biserat, Jalor, May 1899. b, c. Ad. sk. (Reed. 18th Sept., 1899.) 4. On the Frogs collected during the " Skeat Expedition '*" to the Malay Peninsula, 1899-1900. By F. F. LAIDLAW, B.A. [Beceived October 24, 1900.] (Plate LVII.) The collection of Frogs made by Mr. Aunaudale and myself during the Skeat Expedition includes no specimens new to science, but we have been able to add four species to the fauna of the Peninsula. These are, with their previously recorded habitats :- Rana signata. Borneo. Rana lateralis. Burmah. Bufo jerboa. Borneo. Microhyla inornata. Burmah ; Sumatra. Of these Rana signata and Bufo jerboa were obtained in Perak; Rana lateralis and Microhyla inornata are from the east side of the Peninsula. It is w7orth remarking that specimens of Rana limnocharis, Bufo melanostictus, and Callulapulchra from the neighbourhood of Patani P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1900, No. LVIII. 58 |
