1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF CELEBES. 



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BATEACHIANS. 



1. Oxvglossus lavis, Gthr. 



2. Kaua kuhlii, i;. 4' B. .. 

 *3. ,, modesta, Bl^r. .. 



4. ,, It^tensis, Bttgr. . . 



5. 

 6. 

 7. 

 8. 

 9. 

 10. 

 *11. 



»r2. 



13. 



#14. 

 *15. 

 *16. 

 *17. 



18. 



19. 



20. 

 «21. 



,, microdisca, Bttgr 



„ palavaiiensis, £?^?- 



„ tigrina, Baud 



„ erythrgea, Scld. 



„ varians, Blgr 



,, everetti, Blgr 



„ celebensis, Ftrs 



„ macrops, Blgr 



Rhacophorus leucomystax, 



Gravh 



„ edentulus, F. Miill. 



„ monticola, Blgr. . 



Sphenopliryne celehetis'\&,F.Mull. 



,, variabilis, Blgr. . 



Callula baleata, S. Miill 



„ pulcbra, Gray 



Bufo biporcatus, Gravh 



„ celebensis, Gthr 



A 



4- 



B 



+ 



+ 



+ 



CiD 



+ 



+ 



+ 



E 



+ 



w. 



Philippines, Borneo, 



Sooloo. 

 Java, Mentawi. 

 Palawan, Borneo. 

 W. 

 W. 



Philippines, Batjan. 

 Philippines, Borneo. 



W. 



+ 



w. 

 w. 

 w. 



It will be noticed that the single initial AV. in the last column 

 occurs 22 times and E. only 5 times, which shows a greater agree- 

 ment with the AVestern than with the Eastern islands of the 

 Archipelago, as already pointed out by Peters and Doria. The 

 agreement with Java, Borneo, and Sumatra, so far as the genera 

 are concerned, is much greater than with the Moluccas. Special 

 relation to the Philippines is shown by Draco reticuJaius, Loplmra 

 amhoinensis, Tropidophorvs grai/i, Coluber erythrurus, and Dendre- 

 lajihis terrificus. Papuasian affinity is only exhibited by the 

 Batrachian genus Splienopliryne, the two other species of which 

 inhabit iS'ew G-uinea. Australian affinity does not exist. 



In deaKng vvith the geographical distribution of the Lacertilia, 

 in 1885, I submitted that the then generally accepted Wallace's 

 line does not answer for this group of animals, and the same view 

 has since been shown, especially by Max AN'eber, to apply to 

 other groups. The present study of the herpetological fauna of 

 Celebes clearly shows that there is no justification for AA-'allace's 

 line so far as Eeptiles and Batrachians are concerned. 



Key to the Identification of the Species. 



EEPTILES. 

 I. CROCODILES 1. Crocodihis fvrosus. 



II. TORTOISES. 



Digits distinct, webbed ; head covered with undivided skin ; carapace tricarinate 



in the young 2. Cyclernys amhoinensis. 



Limbs club-shaped ; head with shields ; carapace without keels. 



3. Testudo forsteni. 



