Bee. 1915. ON REPTILES AND BATRACTIIANS FROM 249 

 TEE COAST AND ISLANDS OF SOUTH-EAST SI AM. 



Eleven examples from tlie S.E. Siamese mainland, and two from 

 Koli Chang. 



This frog is much esteemed b}^ the Siamese as food, and in 

 Bangkok is frequently brouglit into the market for sale. It is hunted for 

 at night, daring and after heav}' storms, when its loud croak betrays 

 its whereabouts. In tlie fields it is also fished for with a rod and line, 

 a small frog, usualh^ Rana limnocloaris, being used as bait. 



40. Rana dori^g, Boulenger. 



Twenty-three exam|:)les from S.E. Siam and Koh Chang, Koh 

 Mehsi and Koh Kut of all sizes : snout to vent of largest, 35 mm. 



Originall}^ described from Tenasserim and since known from the 

 south of the Malay Peninsula, this frog does not seem to have been 

 recorded from Siam before. 



41. Rana nigrovittata, Blyth. 



Two specimens from Koh Chang, both of them unusuall}^ k'li'gP, 

 the biggest measuring 72 mm. from snout to vent. 



42. Rana erythraea. 



Boulenger, Fascic. Malav. Zool., I, p 135 (19'3) : Barbour. Mcuioirs 

 M.C.Z., XLIV, No. 1, p. 67 (1912). 



Two examples from Klong Yai, and another from Ok Yam. 



43. MiCROHYLA BERDMORII. 



One specimen from Klong Yai, without any dark marking on the 



head and back. 



44. BuFO MELANOSTICTUS, Schneid. 



Boulenger, Fascic. Malay. Zool., I, p 13o (1003) : Barbour, Memoirs 

 M.C.Z^, XLIV, Xo. I, p. 73(1912). 



Two moderate sized examples, from Koh Chang. 



