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four times in very rapid succession and then followed by an interval 

 of silence. 



My two examples measure, from snout to vent, female 5f inches,, 

 male 3|^. 



Colour. — Above dark chocolate or blackish brown. A light brown 

 vertebral stripe commences between the eyes and terminates a little 

 before the vent. A stripe commencing from the eye and passing 

 through the lower half of the tympanum to the base of the forelimb, 

 and a conspicuous lateral stripe from above the forelimb to the base of 

 the hind, dirty brownish white. A transverse whitish line, less 

 distinct, below the vent, Beneath, including lower surface of thighs 

 and half tibial joint, dirty brownish white, covered with minute dark 

 dots. Throat, in the male, grey. Along the sides the whitish colour 

 of the lower surface shades into, and is mottled with, the brown of the 

 back. 



The large warts on the back and limbs of this toad are pitted with 

 small punctures ; on some tubercles there are as many as 18 or 19 of 

 these pores. 



Nectes subasper was discovered in Borneo ; my specimens appear 

 to be the first obtained in the Peninsula. 



Since writing the above I have seen a specimen of this toad in the 

 Raffles Museum. There is no note of locality and it probably came 

 from Borneo. 



Habitat. — Borneo, Java, Selangor. 



43. Nectophryne guentheri, Blgr. 



Nectophryne guentheri, Blgr., Cat. Batr. Sal., p. 2S0, pi. xviii, fig. 3 ; 

 S. Flower, P. Z. S., 1896, p. 910, and P. Z. S. 1899, p. 908. 



Bukit Timah, Singapore, seems to be the only locality in the Straits 

 from which this small toad has been obtained ; Mr. Ridley and Mr. 

 Flower each procured two specimens from there. Mr. Ridley, how- 

 ever, told me that he thought he had seen it several limes, and in 

 June 1900 he and I had a search together for it, Mr. Ridley succeed- 

 ing in finding another specimen crawling on a rock in a ravine in 

 jungle. This example he kindly allowed me to keep for the Selangor 

 Museum. Known from Singapore, Mentawei Islands, Natunas, and 

 Borneo. 



44. Bufo penangensis, Stol. 



Ansonia penangensis, Stol., S. A. S. B„ 1870, p. 152, pi. ix, fig. 4 ; 



