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51. Megalophrys nasuta, Schl. 



Megalophrys montana, Var., Cantor, p. 140. 



Megalophrys montana^ Part., Giiuther, Rept. Brit. Ind., p. 413. 



Megalophrys nasuta^ Bouleng., Cat. Bat. Sal., p. 443 ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S., 1896, p. 913 ; Laidlaw, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 889. 



I have not myself seen this Horned Frog — locally known as the 

 " Winking Toad " — alive. I have two Selangor specimens in the museum 

 and one from Perak given me hy Mr. Wray. In the latter state, 

 judging from the number of specimens in the Taiping Museum, it is 

 apparently more numerous than in Selangor. Mr. H. N. Ridley tells 

 me it is not rare in Singapore. It has also been taken in Penang, 

 Malacca, and Johore. Forbes ( " Naturalist's Wanderings," pp. 154 

 and 155) says of this species : " The horned frogs (Megalophrys nasitia) 

 were abundant, whose anvil-like clinking u Kang-kang " filled the air 

 in the evenings ; but in simulating so closely the dead leaves among 

 which they lay, it required the closest search to find them. Lying flat 

 on the ground their sharp acute horns mimicked the points of leaves, 

 from which lines radiated representing crossing and overlapping 

 margins, while dark-brown spots and markings distributed over their 

 bodies could not be told from the blotchos and fungoid growths of 

 decaying vegetation. In coitu the male embraces the female round 

 the lumbar region." This was written from Penan ggangan, in Sumatra* 



My three specimens measure : — 



in. in. in. 



Length, point of snout to vent ... ... 4| 4f 2^ 



Breadth of head at gape ... ... 21 2^ 1| 



Thus in two of these three examples the width of the mouth exceeds 

 half the total length of the head and body. 



It occurs in Borneo, as well as in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 

 It is principally a low country species, but has been obtained on the 

 hills in Penang at 1,800 ft. 



55. Megalophrys Montana, Kuhl. 



Megalophrys montana, Blgr., Cat. Batr. Sal., p. 442 ; S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S., 1899, p. 914 ; Laidlaw, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 889. 



Mpr^lower in a note after Megalophrys nasuta says: "A frog in the 

 museum at Taiping, said to have been caught in Perak, apparently 

 belongs to this species (.1/. montana)." He gives the distribution of 



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