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13. Rana labialis, Blgr. 



Rana labialis, Blgr., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), xix, 1887, p. 345, 

 pi. x, fig. 1 ; S. Flower, P. Z. S., 1896, p. 903, pi. xlv, fig. 3 (tad- 

 pole); P. Z. S., 1899, p. 896 ; Laidlaw, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 886. 



Originally described from specimens from Malacca, collected by Mr. 

 Hervey ; since obtained in the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, by Mr. 

 Ridley and Mr. Flower, by myself in Selangor and by the Skeat Expe- 

 dition on Gunong Inas. In his first paper Flower states that he caught 

 two specimens " in a small pond," associating with Rana erythrcea, 

 which agrees with its habits as described to me by Mr. Ridley ; in his 

 second paper, however, he says that his specimens were " in each case, 

 observed sitting on the leaves of plants or in bushes, so it evidently is 

 not a true water-frog like Rana erythrcea.'" He describes it as having 

 the upper parts bright green and the lower immaculate white. A Singa- 

 pore specimen given me by Mr. Ridley agrees well with this description, 

 but a variety obtained by me in Selangor (identified by Mr. Boulen- 

 ger) is somewhat different. The back was bronze-brown, with indis- 

 tinct black spots ; the lips light golden ; the sides dark green, distinctly 

 separated from the bronze of the back ; beneath silvery white, the 

 throat mottled with a few brown spots. Caught in a fast running- 

 stream in jungle on the Cheras Road, near Kuala Lumpur. 



Also known from the Mentawei Islands. 



14. . Rana jerboa, Gthr. 



Rana jerboa, Bouleng., Cat. Batr. Sal., p. 67, and Ann. Mus. Genova 

 (2), xiii, 1893, p. 335. 



I have at different times obtained five examples of this frog from 

 the Batu Caves, Selangor. They were a long distance underground, 

 but were not in total darkness, frequenting a pile of moist rocks beneath 

 a shaft communicating with the open air. These appear to be the 

 only specimens recorded from the Malay Peninsula. Two of them 

 measure If-J and If inches from snout to vent. 



Habitat. — Karin Hills, Borneo, Java, Malay Peninsula. 



15. Rana luctuosa, Peters. 



Rana luctuosa, Blgr., Cat. Batr. Sal., p. 68 ; S. Flower, P. Z. S., 

 1896, p. 904, pi. xlvi ; P. Z. S., 1899, p. 896. 



This frog, originally known from Borneo, was first recorded from the 

 Malay Peninsula by Captain Flower, who obtained it near small ponds 

 on the Penang Hill in November 1896 and March 1898. I obtained 

 two examples on the Larut Hills in March and April 189S 3 and in 



