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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A MORE EXACT KNOWLEDGE 



OE THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF 



AUSTRALIAN BATRACHIA. No. v. 



By J. J. Fletcher, M.A., B.Sc. 



(a) Batrachia of Tasmania. 



The number of species of Batrachia assigned to Tasmania at 

 difi'erent times has been as follows : — 



1841. — One species (Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. \iii.; out 

 of a total of eleven species described or enumerated from Aus- 

 tralia and Tasmania). 



184L — One species (Mr. J. E. Gray, Capt. Grey's Journals, 

 Vol. ii. App., p. 435; out of a total of sixteen — nominally seven- 

 teen — species catalogued from Australia and Tasmania, including 

 the preceding). 



1858. — Eight species (Dr. Giinther, seven — one erroneously, 

 Crinia georgiana [App., p. 134] not being a Tasmanian species — 

 including P se^tdophryne bibronii, in the Brit. Mus. Catalogue 

 [1858]; svibsequently increased by two species of Crinia [P.Z.S. 

 1864, p. 48]. A second record of Pseudophryne bibronii given in 

 Ann. Mag. N. H. (3), xx. 1867, p. 55. 



1868.— Seven species (Mr. G. Krefft, "Notes on the Fauna of 

 Tasmania," including Hyla verreauxii,\sind a " Pseudophryne dis- 

 covered by Mr. Masters, and probal)ly new "; the remainder are 

 included in Dr. Giinther's Catalogue, but L. pero7iii therein 

 mentioned only in the Appendix (p. 134) is overlooked). It is to 

 be regretted that Mr. Krefft appai-entl}^ neglected to place on 

 record the complete list of species obtained by Mr. Masters. 



1882.— Seven (? eight) [Mr. A. G. Boulenger, Brit. Mus. Cata- 

 logue, 2nd ed.]. Mr. Boulenger's revised list, the latest we have. 



