1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 857 
Dr. N. B. Dennys, Mr. D. F. A. Hervey, Mr. H. N. Ridley, 
Mr. L. Wray, etc. The specimens hitherto received have nearly 
all been collected in the more settled localities of the Peninsula, 
2. ¢. Penang, Province Wellesley, Perak, Malacca, and Singapore : 
the States of Kedah, Kelantan, Tringanu, Pahang, Johore, etc., are 
practically unexplored, so that it is probable that many additions 
are stil] to be made to the number of species of Reptiles and 
Batrachians from Malaya. There are Museums at Taiping, Kuala 
Lumpur, and Singapore: the collection in the latter place I have 
had some opportunity for examining, but want of time did not 
enable me to do so as thoroughly as I could have wished; the 
Taiping Museum I have only paid a short visit to; the Kuala 
Lampur one I have not seen: there is also a large private collection 
of Snakes at the Prye Estate, Province Wellesley, and probably 
collections at other places. When all these have been thoroughly 
examined, we shall have a better knowledge of the relative 
abundance, localities, and varieties of the different species. 
I have to acknowledge my sense of obligation to Mr. G. A. 
Boulenger for his most kind and useful advice to me both before 
starting to the East and in working out my collection on returning 
home; also to Mr. J. C. Somerville, 5th Fusiliers, and Mr. H. N. 
Ridley, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, for 
assistance in collecting ; I am also indebted to Mr. A.H.B. Dennys, 
of Penang, for a collection of Snakes made a few years ago in the 
Province Wellesley, and to Commissioner of Police Mitchell, of 
Kedah, for specimens from Kulim and neighbourhood. 
In this paper the following species are recorded from the Malay 
Peninsula and adjacent islands for, I believe, the first time :— 
Gonatodes penangensis, sp. n., Mimetozoon floweri, Blgr., Lepidodac- 
tylus ceylonensis, Blgr., Mabuia novemcarimata, Anders., Calamaria 
pavimentata, Dum. & Bibr., Rana luctuosa, Peters, Ivalus pictus, 
Peters, and Calophrynus pleurostigma, Tschudi; the variations of 
Rana macrodon are discussed; and the tadpoles of four species are 
described. 
The classification and nomenclature are according to the British 
Museum Catalogues of the Reptilia and Batrachia, to which 
valuable works I must refer for the complete synonymy of the 
various species mentioned; I have only quoted the names under 
which they appear in the standard works referred to. 
Order CHELONIA. 
Suborder ATHECAL. 
Family SpHarGipm”. 
1. DnrMocHetys corracna, L. 
Dermochelys coriacea, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 10 (skull fig. p. 9). 
There is a large specimen, unlabelled, in the Raffles Museum, 
Singapore, supposed to have been caught in the neighbourhood. 
Hab. Tropical seas ; sometimes occurs in the temperate seas. 
