1881.] 



ON REPTILES AND FROGS FROM SINGAPORE. 



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3. On a Collection of Reptiles and Frogs chiefly from Sin- 

 gapore. By W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Eeceiyed September 21, 1880,] 

 (Plates XX. & XXI.) 



Through the kindness of Dr. N. B. Dennys, I have had au oppor- 

 tunity of examining a collection of Reptiles and Frogs made at Singa- 

 pore, and belonging to the Raffles Museum at that port. The 

 majority of the specimens were collected in the island of Singapore ; 

 but a few are from other localities ; and in the case of some of the 

 Lizards and Frogs, I am not quite certain whence they were ori- 

 ginally obtained. Of all the Snakes (and these form the bulk of the 

 collection) the localities are appended. The number of new species 

 is small. It is evident that the Lizards and Frogs are but imper- 

 fectly represented ; but the Snakes probably comprise, as I learn 

 from Dr. Dennys, nearly all the forms occurring at Singapore. 



The following is a list of the species ; those on which remarks are 

 added are distinguished by an asterisk (*), The nomenclature is 

 in most cases that employed by Dr. Giinther in the * Reptiles of 

 British India.' 



Hydrosaurus salvator. 



REPTILIA. 

 Lacertilia. 



Gecko guttatus. 



* , sp. 



*Eumeces chinensis. 



Bronchocela cristateKa. 

 Calotes versicolor. 



Oph 



Tj/phlina lineata. Macassar. 



Cylindrophis rufus. Singapore. 

 * lineatus, sp. nov. Sin- 

 gapore. 



Xenopeltis unicolor. Singapore. 

 *Oxycalatnns longiceps. Singa- 

 pore. 



Simotes octolineatus. Singa- 

 pore. 

 * dennysi, sp. nov. Singa- 

 pore. 



Ablabes melanocephalus. Sin- 

 gapore. 

 *Nymphophidium suhannulatum 

 (Odontomus subannulatus, 

 D. ^' B.) Singapore. 



Compsosoma melanwum. Sin- 

 gapore. 



Dendrophis picta. Singapore. 



caudolineata. Singapore. 



IDIA. 



* 



Pfyas mucosa. Hongkong. 

 * Aorros. Singapore. 



Tropidonotus quincunciatus. 

 Hongkong. 



triatiffuligerus. Singapore. 



stolatus, Singapore, 



Hongkong. 

 * rhodomelas. Macassar. 



Cerberus rhynchoj)s. Singa- 

 pore. 



Ho7nolopsis buccata. Singa- 

 pore. 



Hijnsies hydrinus. Singapore. 



Chrysopelea ornata. Singapore, 

 Macassar, 



Tragops prasinus. Singapore, 

 Macassar, 



Dijjsas cynodon. Singapore, 

 Sarawak. 



dendrophilu. Singapore. 



