1899.] BATEACHIAIS^S OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 887 



near Taiping, Perak; and Dr. Hauitsch (Eep. EafBes Libr. & Mus. 

 1898) records the species from swamps near Ipoh, Perak (March). 

 Distribution. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Sipora (Menta- 

 wei Islands), Borneo, Plores, Celebes, Philippines. 



3. OxYGLOssus MAETENSii (Peters). 



Phrynoglossus martensii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. 



Oxyglossus marteiisii, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 6. 



Localities. I obtained specimens at the following places in 

 Siam : — one Bawtong Kabin (March), one Chantaboon (Jaiiuary), 

 many in the Dong Phya Fai (November), elevatiou 900 feet, and 

 a few near Ayuthia (February and June). 



Habits. This species does not seem so thoroughly aquatic as 

 0. lima ; out of seventeen individuals I caught at the above places 

 only two were actually in ponds, tliough all were near water. 



Colour (in life). Sometimes a narrow yellow vertebral line is 

 present. Behind the eyes a broad transverse patch of red-brown 

 and orange is conspicuous. Iris yellow, closely and finely speckled 

 with brown. The diamond-shaped pupil is dark red in colour. 



Size. The largest specimen measures snout to vent 27 mm. 



Distribution. Siam. 



4. Rana cyanophlyctis Schneider. 



liana lesclienaultii, Cantor, p. 138. 



liana cyanophlyctis, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 17 ; Anderson, 

 P. Z. S. 1895, p. 6G0, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2 (tadpole). 



This frog does not seem to have been observed in the Malay 

 Peninsula since Cantor's time. 



Habits. South Arabia, Baluchistan, Cashmere, Himalayas (up 

 to 6000 ft.), India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula. 



5. Eana kuhlii Schleg. 



Rana Tcnhlii, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 20 ; P. Z. S. 1899, p. 166. 



Localities. This frog, not previously recorded from the Malay 

 Peninsula, was found by Dr. Hanitsch in Perak in 1897. In 

 April 1898 I obtained four specimens in the same locality, 

 Maxwell's Hill (Larut Hills, Perak), at an elevation of 3300 feet. 



Oolmtr (in life). Above olive-green, with irregular, indistinct 

 small black spots ; a distinct black transverse line between the 

 eyes, the skin immediately in front and behind this being yellowish 

 olive. Limbs yellowish olive, extensively spotted with dark olive- 

 brown, which spots have a tendency to form cross-bars. Chin 

 and sides of head, neck, body, and limbs chrome-yellow. Lips 

 extensively mottled with dark olive-brown. Lower surfaces bufp. 

 Tympanic fold black. Web of hind feet pale yellowish olive. 

 Iris : a narrow rim of gold round black pupil, remainder bronze 

 with a black cross (much as in Rana macrodon). 



Size, The largest c? measured : snout to vent 90 mm. ; vidtli of 



