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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A MORE EXACT KNOWLEDGE 



OF 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 

 different times has been as follows : — 



184L — One species (Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. viii ; 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. 43.5; 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, 

 Crii?ia ijeorgiana [App., p. 134] not being a Tasmanian species — 

 including Fsendoplirijne hibronii in the Brit. Mus. Catalogue 

 [18.58]; subsequently increased by two species of Crinia [P.Z.S. 

 1864, p. 48]. A second record of Pseudopliryne hibronii given in 

 Ann. Mag. N. H. (3), xx. LS67, p. 55. 



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

 Tasmania," including Ryla verreauxii, and a " Pseudophryne dis- 

 covered by Mr. Masters, and probably new " ; the remainder are 

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

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

 be regretted that Mr. Krefft apparently neglected to place on 

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



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

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



