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Show 1899.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 887 near Taiping, Perak; and Dr. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898) records the species from swamps near Ipoh, Perak (March). Distribution. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Borneo, Flores, Celebes, Philippines. 3. OXYGLOSSUS MARTENSII (Peters). Phrynoglossus martensii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. Oxyglossus martensii, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 6. Localities. I obtained specimens at the following places in Siam :-one Bawtong Kabin (March), one Chantaboon (January), many in the Dong Phya Fai (November), elevation 900 feet, and a few near Ayuthia (February and June). Habits. This species does not seem so thoroughly aquatic as 0. lima; out of seventeen individuals I caught at the above places only two were actually in ponds, though all were near water. Colour (in life). Sometimes a narrow yellow vertebral line is present. Behind the eyes a broad transverse patch of red-brown and orange is conspicuous. Iris yellow, closely and finely speckled with brown. The diamond-shaped pupil is dark red in colour. Size. The largest specimen measures snout to vent 27 m m . Distribution. Siam. 4. RANA CYANOPHLYCTIS Schneider. Rana leschenaultii, Cantor, p. 138. Rana cyanophlyctis, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 17; Anderson, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 660, pl. xxxvii. fig. 2 (tadpole). This frog does not seem to have been observed in the Malay Peninsula since Cantor's time. Habits. South Arabia, Baluchistan, Cashmere, Himalayas (up to 6000 ft.), India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 5. RANA KUHLII Schleg. Rana kuhlii, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 20; P. Z. S. 1899, p. 166. Localities. This frog, not previously recorded from the Malay Peninsula, was found by Dr. Hanitsch in Perak in 1897. In April 1898 I obtained four specimens in the same locality, Maxwell's Hill (Larut Hills, Perak), at an elevation of 3300 feet. Colour (in life). Above olive-green, with irregular, indistinct small black spots ; a distinct black transverse line between the eyes, the skin immediately in front and behind this being yellowish olive. Limbs yellowish olive, extensively spotted with dark olive-brown, which spots have a tendency to form cross-bars. Chin and sides of head, neck, body, and limbs chrome-yellow. Lips extensively mottled with dark olive-brown. Lower surfaces buff. Tympanic fold black. "Web of hind feet pale yellowish olive. Iris : a narrow rim of gold round black pupil, remainder bronze with a black cross (much as in Rana macrodon). Size. The largest d measured : snout to vent 90 m m . ; width of |