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RANA NIGROMACULATA Hallowell. 



HALLOWELL, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1860, p. 500. 

 STEJNEGER, Bull. 58, U. S. N. M., 1907, p. 94-100. 



Two specimens from Ichang show a slight variation from specimens from 

 Pekin, in that the vomerine teeth-groups are rather less prominent and slightly 

 nearer each other. Externally the two lots agree. One of Mr. Zappey's two 

 examples shows an interesting abnormality. On the left-hand side the tym- 

 panum is wanting and the left vomerine tooth group as well. The opposite 

 side shows a perfectly normal condition. 



RANA PLANCYI Lataste. 



LATASTE, Bull. Soc. zool. France, 1880, 6, p. 64. 

 STEJNEGER, Bull. 58, U. 8. N. M. 1907, p. 101-102. 



Six frogs taken at Ichang belong to this species. Dr. Stejneger very kindly 

 identified them for me, and from his account (loc. tit.) we find previous locality 

 records as follows: Peking (type locality), Shanghai, Chusan, Ningpo, and 

 Formosa. These six specimens taken by Mr. Zappey extend the range of the 

 species very greatly. 



REPTILIA. 



NATRICIDAE. 

 PTYAS MUCOSUS (Linne). 



LINNE, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, 1, p. 226. 

 STEJNEGER, Bull. 58, U. S. N. M., 1907, p. 345-347. 



A single specimen from Ichang, about five feet long. Scale rows 17; ven- 

 trals 196, subcaudals 100, anal divided. There are 8 supralabials, and numbers 

 four and five enter the eye. The three middle rows of scales are not keeled. 

 There is but one loreal. 



Widely distributed over all southeastern continental Asia. 



ELAPHE TAENIURUS Cope. 



COPE, Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1860, p. 565. 

 BOULENGER, Cat. snakes Brit, mus., 1894, 2, p. 47. 

 STEJNEGER, Bull. 58, U. S. N. M., 1907, p. 319. 



The record of this wide ranging form from 10,300 feet at Laolingkung near 

 the Tibetan frontier of western Szechwan is interesting as giving a clew to the 



