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the only new reptiles obtained. This fact emphasizes the truth of 

 Voeltzkow's words "Es steht wohl ausser zweifel, dass mit obiger 

 ziffer die zahl der auf Madagascar Aorkommenden Reptilien — und 

 Amphibienarten noch bei weitem nicht erschopft ist"; he then 

 recommends for further collecting activity: — "den noch wenig er- 

 forschten feuchten Urwaldern des hohen Steilabsturzes der Ostkiiste". 

 (Reise in Ostafrika, 1913, 3, p. 374). 



AMPHIBIA. 



Ranidae. 



1. Rana mascariensis Dumeril & Bibron. 



Found abundantly almost everywhere. Several hundred specimens 

 were secured and almost as many preserved. The same frog also 

 occurs widely spread in Africa. 



2. Mantidactylus guttulatus (Boulenger). 

 Two fine adults, a male and a female, from the Eastern Forest. 



3. Mantidactylus madagascariensis (A. Dumeril). 

 ■ A single beautiful specimen from the Eastern Forest. 



REPTILIA. 



Gekkonidae. 



1. Phyllodactylus pictus (Peters). 



I concluded at first that a fine adult from Begidro on the Siribihina 

 River represented Diplodacti/lua rohuMius Boulenger (Ann. mag. nat. 

 hist., ISOG, ser. (>, 17, p. 444), but it does not quite agree with the 

 description in color nor in the arrangement of the labials. Mocquard 



