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with flattened scales, the central row of which is distinctly en- 
larged. 
Colouration.—Brown above, with a coarse black reticulation 
and, superimposed upon it, a much finer one of dotted white 
lines; two parallel white lines running backwards from the eye 
to above the ear; throat brownish, with a coarse, irregular white 
reticulation and with a white line running along each side; 
chest and abdomen brownish grey speckled with white. Ventral 
surface of tail greyish brown speckled with white; about 12 pale 
transverse bars on the dorsal surface. Fingers and toes with 
alternate brown and white bands. 
Measurements. 
Total length a HA apap esbeuls 
Length of tail oi dee Ou thee 
Length of head fe pe a te 
Breadth of head S stag LOS) 5 
Type.—No. 17970: Rept. Ind. Mus. 
Locahity.—In jungle at Kavalai, 1300-3000 feet, Cochin State 
(F. H. Gravely). 
Numerous specimens of G. wynadensis (Beddome) and a few of 
G. gracilis (Beddome) were taken with the type, which is an 
unique specimen. 
The species is closely related to G. wynadensis, but is distin- 
guished from it (among other characters) by its colouration, by 
the larger number of femoral pores and by differences in the scal- 
ing of the feet. 
Tropidonotus sancti-johannis, Boulenger. 
1893. Boulenger, Cat. Brit. Mus. 1, p. 230, pl. xv, fig. 1. 
This snake, which seems to me to be a distinct species, has 
been recorded from several widely separated localities in Kashmir, 
the Himalayas and central India. I am not aware, however, that 
it has been found hitherto in the Malabar Zone. A typical speci- 
men was obtained by Mr. F. H. Gravely at Chalakudi in the State 
_ of Cochin in September last. 
Chirixalus simus, sp. nov. 
Head large, broader than long; snout truncated, considerably 
shorter than the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis barely 
distinguishable; loreal region vertical, slightly concave; nostrils 
much nearer tip of snout than eye; interorbital region broader than 
upper eyelid, flat; tympanum about one-third the diameter of the 
eye. 
Limbs.—Inner fingers with a very slight rudiment of a web; 
toes about two-thirds webbed; disks of fingers smaller than tym- 
panum, slightly larger than those of toes; subarticular tubercles 
