30 On new or little-known species of Reptiles collected in Ceylon. 



Order BATRACHIA. 



Suborder 1. Salientia. 



Fam. Ranid^. Frogs. 



Genus Rana, Linn. 



Rana Kandiana, n. s,, nobis. 



Beautiful grass-green above; beneath orange-red, inside of 

 limbs slightly vermiculated with yellow. Skin of upper parts 

 rough, coriaceous ; a white granular ridge on each side of the 

 back. 



Length 3|^ inches. 



Hab. Kaduganava, Kandyan Province. 



We have only seen two specimens of this rare frog. 



Fam. HylidjE. Tree Frogs. 



Genus Limnodytes, Dum. et Bib. 



Limnodytes mutabilis, n. s., nobis. 



Upper parts very changeable ; generally of a bright green 

 above and yellow beneath, a red line on the outer edge of limbs ; 

 sometimes of a dark chestnut on the upper parts, and variegated 

 with yellow and green on the sides and limbs ; of a more slender 

 form than the common tree frogs, Polypedates cruciger and 

 P. leucomystax. About 2 inches long. 



Hab. Cinnamon gardens, Cotta, near Colombo. * 

 If not mistaken, we have also seen this elegant frog at Newera 

 Ellia, In spirits the colours fade into a pale leaden hue ; the 

 red streak on the limbs disappears last. 



Limnodytes maculata, n. s., nobis. 



Brown, spotted and streaked with black or dark brown ; paler 

 beneath, seldom spotted. About 1^ inch long. 



Hab. Galle, Southern Province. 



We believe this species to be generally distributed, but have 

 before mistaken it for the young of Polypedates leucomystax. 



Genus Eugystoma, Gray. 



Eugystoma cinnamomea, n. s., nobis. 



Cinnamon-red, spotted black. Limbs also spotted. Belly 

 whitish. 



Length (young) 1:^ inch. 



Hab. Colombo, Western Province. 



