BY MALCOLM A. SMITH. 9 



the parietals; 2 anterior and 2 posterior loreals; 6 supra- 

 labials, the fourth below the middle of the eye ; temporal 

 shields scale-like but larger than the body scales, the largest 

 being in contact with the parietal ; no nuchals. 



Distance between the ;ixilla and groin If times the distance 

 between the snout and fore-limli ; 30 smooth scales round the 

 middle of the body, dorsals and laterals subequal, ventrals 

 slightly larger; praeanals enlarged. Tail If times as long as 

 the head and body, the scales below transversely enlarged ; 

 the hind-limb nearly reaches the wrist ; fourth toe much 

 longer than third with 16 rounded lamellae beneath. 



Colour. Dark brown on the back thickly spotted with black ; 

 a dark flank band of closely packed black spots on a white 

 ground, the spots becoming thinned out as they approach the 

 belly which is white with numerous black spots. Tail brown 

 above, white below, thickly spotted all over with black. 



From snout to vent 50 ram.; tail 89; fore-limb 13; hind- 

 limb 19. 



Allied to S. anomaJopiis Bouleng., and S. Dariegatus Peters. 



Variation. A second specimen (No. 7220) taken lower upon 

 the mountain, 5000 — 0300 feet, differs in that there is a 

 small shield interposed between the praefrontals, and there 

 are 32 scales round the body. 



To this species also T refer two more specimens collected at 

 about 6000 feet altitude (Nos. 7217 and 7218). Their limbs 

 are slightly longer, the foot reaching to just beyond the wrist 

 when the limbs are adpressed and their colouration is some- 

 what different. The back is brown, with only a few black 

 spots upon it ; there is a well defined black lateral band and the 

 flank below it is only thinly spotted ; the rest of the lower parts 

 are pure white. The colouration of these two lizards on the 

 whole, is in distinct contrast to that of the former two, but in 

 the absence of differential scale characters I have placed them 

 under the same name. 



AMPHIBIANS. 

 7. Rana kuhlii Schleg. 



Van Kampen, Amphib. Indo-Austral. Archip., 1923, p. 178. 

 Two examples were collected at 6000 feet. 



