1899.] BATBAOHIANS OP THE MALAT PBNINSCTLA AND SI AM, 899 



very noticeable one : — Upper parts pale cream -colour, a black line 

 along each side starting from behind the ej'es, some black spots on 

 posterior part of back, and brown cross-bands on limbs. 



Newly transformed young in Bangkok (June) were coloured as 

 follows : — Above pale olive-brown, with on each side a black hue 

 from the snout passing through the eye to the inset of the hind 

 leg ; a black spot on each supraorbital region prolonged backwards 

 to the neck as a black line, these lines converge but do not meet ; 

 on the shoulders are two diverging black lines ; the remainder of 

 the back is spotted with black ; the hind Hmbs are transversely 

 banded with dark brown ; the lower surfaces are white. 



Size. The largest of a series of adults examined on Penang Hill 

 in March 1898 measured : — J. Snout to vent 51 mm.; liiud leg 

 77; testicles, length (5 mm. $ . Snout to vent 73 mm. : hind leg 

 107. Largest eggs in ovai'ies 2 mm. in diameter. 



Distribution. Sikhim, Assam, Burma, Southern China, Hongkong, 

 Formosa, Cambodia, Cochinchina, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java, 

 Sumba, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines. 



Tadpoles. Specimens from Bangkok agreed with the description 

 (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 906, pi. xliv. fig. 2), except for some differences 

 in the mouth and in coloiu-, which were as follows : — 



Mouth. Beak broadly edged with black, lower mandible tinely 

 serrated along the cutting-edge : sides and lower edge of the lip 

 bordered with small, short, round papillae, except in the centre of 

 the lower lip, where there is a space devoid of papiUas. Upper lip 

 with, five series of fine teeth, the uppermost uninterrupted, the 

 second narrowly interrupted, the remainder broadly so, the fifth 

 series is very short ; lower lip with three long series of teeth, third 

 narrowly interrupted, the other two uninterrupted. 



Colour (in life). Above yellowish brown, mottled darker and 

 lighter ; below white, purplish grey on the throat ; muscular 

 portion of tail very pale bro\An, crests colourless and transparent ; 

 a very noticeable light yellow spot on the point of the snout ; a 

 dark brown line from corner of mouth to eye. Iris yellow. 



A specimen from the AVaterfall Gardens, Penang, agreed with 

 these in having the 3rd series of teeth in the lower lip naiTowly 

 interrupted in the middle, but differed from them and from those 

 oi'igiually described from Singapore in having at each of the upper 

 cornei-s of the mouth four long fine papillae. 



22. EhACOPHORUS JflGEOPAlMATUS (Blgr.). 



Eliacophorus nigropahnatus, Blgr. Ann. & Mag. N. H, (6) xvi. 

 p. 170 (1895). 



In the Museum at Taiping is a single specimen of a large frog 

 caught in Upper Perak by Mr. L. Wray (jun.); by his kind per- 

 mission I was allowed to examine it. 



DescTiption. Vomerine teeth in a straight line between the front 

 edges of the choanse. Snout rounded. Canthus rostralis distinct. 

 Loreal region decidedly concave. Nostril nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye. Interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid. Tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers and toes 



