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Island specimens before me, and in two it is almost as broad as in 

 those from Formosa. In the latter all three styles of coloration are 

 present, irrespective of locality or sex. 



Habitat. — This species is distributed over a wide area in southeast- 

 ern Asia from Japan and China, and according to Boidenger extend- 

 ing tlu'oiighoiit India, Ceylon, and Burma to the Malay peninsula 

 and archipelago, ascending to an altitude of 7,000 feet in the Hima- 

 layas. Over this range it is probably represented by several sub- 

 species. 



It is the commonest species of frog in Formosa and adjacent 

 islands. Von Martens reported it from Tamsui, long ago, and I 

 have recently recorded it from Taipa and Giilan, where this species 

 was collected by Mr. Tada in September and October, 1896. Numer- 

 ous species collected by him in the Pescadores and in Botel Tobago, 

 April and May, 1897, were reported upon at the same time. 



Its occurrence in the Riu Kius was first known tlu"ough a specimen 

 in British Museum presented by Mr. A. Collie. It was obtamed later 

 by Fryer's collectors, and Doctor Fritze found it very common on 

 Okinawa shima. From this island our museum also possesses a speci- 

 men (No. 36552) obtained from the Science College Museum in 

 Tokyo. In the Hamburg Museum there are specimens (Nos. 530-531) 

 collected by Doctor Warburg in Mj^ako shima and Iriomote shima, 

 while the U. S. National Museum has a large series from Ishigaki 

 shima, all of the Saki shima group. 



It was unknown to the authors of Fauna Japonica, but has since 

 been attributed to Japan in a general way, though with no authentic 

 specimens or definite locality to prove it. We have now in the U. S. 

 National Museum numerous specimens from Kiusiu, two collected at 

 Kumamolo, Province of Higo, on the west side, and one from Miyazaki, 

 Province of Hiuga, on the east side. Doctor Smith brought us two 

 specimens from Yamagawa, Satsuma, and five from Hondo, viz, one 

 from Onomichi, in Aki, and four from Koriyama, in Yamato. Dr. E. A. 

 Mearns obtained several young specimens above Nagasaki. Dr. O. 

 Nordquist, of the Vega Expedition, also obtained it in Nagasaki during 

 October, 1879, and at Ilirosami on the 19th of the same month (Mus. 

 Stockholm, Nos. 1034-1035 and 158-165). It almost looks as if this 

 species is extending its range in Japan rapidly, and the inquiry seems 

 legitimate whether it may not owe its presence in Japan proper to a 

 comparatively recent introduction. It seems almost increcible that 

 von Siebold should have missed this species at Nagasaki, if it hpd 

 really existed there during the time of his residence near that city. 



