902 MR. 8S. 8S. FLOWER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dee. 1, 
Stoliczka says this species is very common in Penang and 
Province Wellesley, and from Penang Hill (2000 ft.) he obtained a 
variety which he called pulla. There are specimens in the British 
Museum from Perak from Mr. Wray, from the Dindings from 
Mr. Ridley, and from Malacca from Mr. Hervey. This Frog was 
common about Tanglin, Singapore; usually, in April, found sitting 
on the banks of ponds in the evening; it does not attempt to 
escape by jumping into the water like Rana tigrina, R. macrodon, 
and R. flammea, but even if touched squats down close on the 
clay, which its colour does not resemble, so is easily caught. 
Stoliczka (J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 153) mentions Bufo penangensis as 
having a similar habit. The largest Tanglin specimen was 62 mm. 
from snout to vent. Their usual coloration seems, pale olive-green 
above, with dark green blotches and a distinct, narrow, pale yellow 
dorsal stripe; the underneath being immaculate buff, except the 
lips which have distinct black spots, and the throat (male) has two 
large black blotches. 
Hab. Sikhim, India, Ceylon, Burma, China, Formosa, Japan, 
Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
9. RaNA HASCHEANA, Stol. 
Polypedates hascheanus, Stol. J. A. 8. B. 1870, p. 147, pl. ix. 
fig. 3. 
Rana hascheana, Sclater f., P. Z. S. 1892, p. 344. 
Stoliczka says: “I found this species tolerably common all 
through the higher forests (about 1000 feet above sea-level) in the 
island of Penang;...... I have seen hundreds of specimens in 
different places of the island,...... It is generally seen on the 
leaves of small bushes or on the ground between old leaves.” 
Hab. Malay Peninsula and Natuna Islands. 
10. Rana pryrurzxa, Schl. (Plate XLV. fig. 2.) 
Limnodytes erythreus, Cantor, p. 141. 
Hylarana erythrea, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 425. 
Rana erythrea, Boul. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 65. 
Cantor mentions having observed three individuals from the 
Malay Peninsula. Stoliczka (J. A. 8S. B. 1873, p. 112) found it 
in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. 
There is a specimen in the British Museum from Perak from 
Mr. Wray. I found one individual in the Lines, Penang, in May 
1895, but in Singapore in April 1896. I found it excessively 
numerous about the ponds at Tanglin and in the Botanical 
Gardens, in ditches near Thompson Road and in the low-lying 
fields up the Singapore river, where it may be heard croaking at 
night. This is a most active, agile Frog, both on land and in the 
water; it can hop over the surface of a pond, much as Hana 
cyanophlyctis does in India, and also jump right out of the water. 
Owing to the vivid green colour of its back exactly matching the 
colour of the weeds in a pond, it is often difficult to see but for its 
