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ON A COLLECTION OF REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS FROM 

 PENINSULAR SIAM. 



By Malcolm. A. Smith, m. r. c. s., l. r. c. p. 



The following species of Reptiles and Batrachians from Penin- 

 sular Siani, have been obtained mainly in three separate localities : — 

 (Ij in the state of Patiyu, about 60 kilometres north of the Isthmus of 

 of Kra ; (2) in the hills of Nakon Sitamarat ; and, (3) in Patani, near 

 the sea coast. 



For the majority of the snakes from the last named locality, I 

 have to thank Mr. 0. J. Aagaard, who, from time to time during the 

 past three years, has sent me for examination all the specimens which 

 he has collected upon the rubber estate at Bangnara, where he resides. 



The collection as a whole is of interest, not only for the addi- 

 tion which it makes to our knowledge of the herpetology of the 

 northern part of the Peninsula, but also because it has been made, for 

 the most part, in tliat region where the true Siamese fauna meets with 

 that of the Mala}' Peninsula. 



It was unfortunate that no collecting could be done at high 

 elevations in the mountains of Nakon Sitamarat, but our men were 

 handicapped for want of transport and were only able to ascend one of 

 the lower hills. In spite of this, the results obtained, there were of 

 considerable interest, and of sufficient promise to justify further 

 exploration of that range. 



The following 12 species are not included in Mr. Boulenger's 

 volume upon the Reptiles and Batrachians of the Malay Peninsula. 

 Three of them, however, ( marked with an • ), are from just north of 

 the Isthmus of Kra. 



Lizards : — Gymnodadi/lus oldhami, Lij'josma icrsum, L. herbcrti, 

 L. melanosticum, L. angninoidei* 



Snakes : — Tropidonotus nigrocindus* Amhlyceplialus carinatus. 



Bathaciiians : — Rana Immeralis, 11. alticol/i,, B. limhorgi, Miero- 

 hyla pulchrii,'* Bufo macrotis. 



The tadjjole of Buna limnocharis, for reasons which are given, is 

 redeacribed. 



JOLRN. NAT. HIST. SOC. SUM. 



