1899.] BA.TEACHIAX8 OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 911 



in collecting would handle frogs, snakes, lizards, &c., and pick up 

 scorpions, large spiders, &c., but could never be persuaded to even 

 touch a toad. 



Colour. In the breeding-season the males assume a very hand- 

 some appearance, the throat becoming bright chrome-yellow, and 

 the sides of the head and chest yellow, spotted with black. 



Size. The largest Bangkok specimen measured 116 mm. from 

 snout to vent. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, Sikhim Himalayas (up to 

 10,000 feet), Southern China, Hongkong, Cambodia, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



Tadpoles. 



I have observed the tadpole oE B. melanostictus in April and 

 October in Singapore ; in March in Penang (mouth exactly as 

 described in P. Z. S. 1 896, p. 912 ; but colour of caudal crests 

 almost none, transparent) ; in July and August in Bangkok ; and at 

 Batu Gajah, Perak, in December I caught a tadpole exactly like 

 those of this species, except that the 2ad series of teeth in the 

 upper jaw was uninterrupted. 



39. BUFO MACEOTIS Blgr. 



Bufo macrotis, Blgr. Ann. Mus. Civic. Grenova, (2) v. 1887, 

 p. 422, pi. iv. fig. 3 ; Blgr. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 502. 



Localities. This toad, previously known from Upper Burma and 

 Pegu, has not been recorded from Siam before. I found it fairly 

 numerous at Bawtong Kabin in March 1897. This species and 

 B. melanostictus frequented the same spots. 



Size. Snout to vent 46 mm. 



Distribution. Burma, Siam. 



40. BiTFO PARVUS Blgr. 



Bufo parvus Blgr. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 346, pi. x. 



In November 1896 I found a single specimen under some dead 

 leaves in jungle by the Waterfall Gardens, Penang. It was a very 

 active toad, hopping like a frog ; in captivity it refused to feed. 

 The eyes are large and prominent, and the tympanum very distinct. 



Colour (in life). Above rich dark reddish brown ; limbs dark 

 brown mottled with light red. Below yellowish buff and purplish 

 grey, speckled on the chin, throat, chest, and lower legs with dark 

 brown. Iris golden and vandyke-brown, minutely speckled with 

 black. 



Distribution. Pegu, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. 



41. Bufo quadeipoecatus Blgr. 



Bufo quadri])orcatus, Blgr. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 347, 

 pi. X. fig. 4 ; Gunth. A. M. N. H. (5) xx. 1887, p. 314, pi. xvi. 

 tig. C. 



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