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Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the 



Sp. Java. 



Megalophri/s montana, Wag- Pinang. 

 ler, Var. 



Limnodytes erythrceus, (Malayan Peninsula. 



(Schlegel.) 



Polypedates leucomystax, 

 (Gravenhorst.) 



Bufo melanosticlus, Schnei- 

 der. 



Hyhedactylus bivittatus, 

 Cautor. 



Pinang, Singapore, 

 Malayan Peninsula 



Malayan Peninsula 

 and Islands. 



Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Tenasserim, Arracan. 



Bengal, Coromandel, Mala- 

 bar. 



Java, Tenasserim, Bengal, 

 Coromandel. 



ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF REPTILES 

 Inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and Islands, and other 



Localities. 



[The extra-Malayan localities have necessarily been confined to such of 

 which the elevation has been specified by authors, the Malayan are given 

 from personal observation.] 



Prince of Wales Island (Pulo PfNANc), 5° 25' N. L. 100° 19' E. 

 Valley .- Mean annual temperature : 80° 03 Fahr. Average monthly ran^e 

 ,of the thermometer : 11°; greatest daily range: 13°. Annual quantity of 

 .•am: 65.5 inch. (145 days). 



Hills. Granite. Highest elevation (Western Hill) 2,500 ft. Mean an- 

 nual temperature 71°. Average monthly range of the thermometer 10° • 

 greatest daily range 9°. Annual quantity of rain : 116.6 inch (174 days).' 

 Vegetation even for a tropical distinguished by luxuriance, beauty and 

 .variety. Characteristic features : Filices. (Alsophila contaminans, Wal.— 

 Schiza>a dtchotoma,—Neuroplatyceros (Acrostichum) biforme, Desvontaine 

 Polypodiiun horsfieldii, Bennett.) 



Pandanacese. (Freycinetia). 



Taccaceae. (Tacca cristata, Jack). 



Palmacese. (Areca catechu, Willd. Arenga saccharifera, Labill. Nipa 

 fruticans. Euoplus tigillaria, Jack. " Pinang Lawyer."* Calamus). 



Scitamineae. (Hedychium sumatranum, Jack. Amomum biflorum, Jack). 



Orchidaceae. 



Taxaceae. (Dacrydium. Podocarpus). 



Gnetaceae. (Gnetum gnemon. Gnetum brunonianumj. 



Artocarpeae. (Phytoerene palmata,\Xn\. Phytocrene bracteata, Wal.) 



[This species appears to be confined to the lower parts of the hills and the 

 .valleys] 



JMepenthaceae. (Nepenthes distil I atoria. Nepenthes ampullaria, Jack). 



Gesneraceae. (Didymocarpus crinitas, Jack). 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Corylaceae. (Quercus racemosa, Jack. Lithocarpus javensis, Blume). 



* An undescribed dwarf palm, hitherto supposed to be confined to the hills of 

 f uiang. Ssir \\ llliaiu Norns found it on Mouut Ophir in 1847. 



