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Fam. BUFONIDAE. 

 Bufo stomaticus, Liitken. 



Annandale, Rec. Iiid. Mas. Ill, p. 283 (1909). 



This toad has not hitherto been recorded from Peninsular India 

 south of the Indus and the Ganges. A fine specimen was, how- 

 ever, recently obtained by Mr. F. H. Gravely and myself at Purulia 

 in Chota Nagpur. It was found under a stone in the middle of a 

 plou:^hed field. 



The Arabian toad assigned by Mr. Boulenger to his B. ander- 

 soni (which is undoubtedly synonymous, so far as Indian speci- 

 mens are concerned, with B. stomaticus) apparently differs from 

 the Indian species in having a true as distinct from an artificial 

 tarsal fold. 



Fam. RANIDAE. 



Ixalus leucorhinus, Martens. 



/. leiicoi'hinns, Boulenger, Fatin. Ind., Rept., p. 483 (icSgo). 



/. nasiitiis, Annandale [nee Giinther), Rec. Ind. Mus. Ill, p. 286 (1909). 



This species, which is recorded from both Ceylon and S. India, 

 is easily confused with /. nasutus, which is apparently confined to 

 Ceylon. The latter species may be distinguished by possessing a 

 middorsal row of prominent whitish glands of very small size. 



/. leucorhinus is not uncommon at the base of the Western 

 Ghats in Travancore on the western side of the range. I have 

 not seen specimens from Ceylon. 



Ixalus variabilis, Giinther. 



Colouration seems to have Uterally no specific significance in 

 this frog. Six specimens were taken on one occasion by Mr. F. H. 

 Gravely at Pattipola in the Central Province of Ceylon at an alti- 

 tude of about 6ooo ft. In one the whole of the dorsal surface is 

 pale bluish grey with a bold irregular reticulation of black lines ; 

 in another it is of an almost uniform deep brown, except that the 

 limbs are obscurely barred and that there is a very conspicuous 

 white lozenge-shaped mark on the snout ; a third has a distinct 

 M-shaped dark mark on the back and a dark cross-bar between 

 the eyes ; while the colouration of the others is of a less striking 

 character, but different in each case. 



Besides Mr. Gravely' s specimens we have others from Gol- 

 conda, the Anamalai Hills and Tinnevelli, all from Beddome's 

 collection, as well as a large series from " S. India," " Malabar" 

 and "Ceylon." 



Ixalus signatus, Boulenger. 



A fine specimen of this species was recently taken at Coonoor 

 in the Nilghiris (alt. ca. 6500 ft.) by Capt. R. B. Seymour Sewell, 

 I. M.S. It is, therefore, not confined to the Malabar Zone. 



