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Trimeresurus A'nemaleensis and Hypnale nepa are 

 in the moist forests and in coffee estates on the slopes. OpJiio- 

 jphagus elops (the hill cobra) and the four species of CallopJds are 

 very rare. Naja tripudians (the cobra), Bungarus coeruleus (the 

 carpet snake), and Daboia elegans (the cobra monil or chain 

 viper) are common only about the foot ; the little Echis is very 

 common in dry rocky ground, but not up to any elevation. It is 

 very doubtful if the Halys is really a Nilagiri snake. 



The above 45 innocuous and 13 venomous snakes are all that 

 have as yet been detected in this district, but it is more than 

 probable that other Uropelts, which occur in Wainad, and 

 probably further new species will be found on the western slopes, 

 and other Anemale snakes, such as Simotes RusseUii and Lycodou 

 A'nemaleensis, probably occur there. 



common CHAP. VIIT, 

 PART II. 



Zoology. 



FROGS. 

 ORDER BATRACHIA. 



Frogs, 



RANID^. 



Rana Kuhlii, 8chl. 

 ,, pygmcBa, Gunth. 

 „ hexadactyla, Les. 

 „ cyanophlyctis, Schn. 

 ,, tigrina, Dand. 

 „ gracilis, Wiegm. 



„ n. sp. (var. verrucosa, 

 Gunth.) 

 Pyxicephalus breviceps, Schn. 



.. Walaghat. 



.. Do. 



.. Eastern slopes. 



Do. 



Do. 

 . . Plateau, the common frog in all 



swamps. 

 . . Western slopes. 



CYSTIGNATHID^ ? 



Crinia (or allied genus) n. sp. ... Walaghdt. A minute frog with 



free toes, no parotids, maxillary 

 teeth, and sacral vertebras 

 sometimes dilated. 



PHRYNISCIDiE. 



Melanobati'achus Indicus, Bedd. ... This little frog, only lately 



discovered on the Anemales 

 and Madura Hills, has just 

 been found at Walaghdt. 



RHINODERMATID^. 



Cacopus systoma, Schn. 

 Diplopelma ornatuni, B. et B. 

 „ Carnatica, Jerd. 



... Slopes. 



... Walaghdt, &c. 



... Eastern slopes. 



