1896.] BATltACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 857 



Dr. N. B. Dennys, Mr. D. P. A. Hervey, Mr. H. N. Eidley, 

 Mr. L. Wray, etc. The specimens bitherto received have nearly 

 all been collected in the more settled localities of the Peninsula, , 

 i. e. 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 still to be made to the number of species of Reptiles and 

 Batrachians from Malaya. There are Museums at Taipiug, 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 yisit 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 ackuowledge my sense of obligation to Mr. G. A. 

 Boulenger for his most land and useful advice to me both before 

 starting to the East and in working out my collection on returning 

 home; also to Mr. .1. C. Somerville, 5th Fusiliers, and Mr. II. N. 

 Ridley, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, Singapore, for 

 assistance iu collecting ; I am also indebted to Mr. A. H. B. Dennys, 

 of Penang, for a collection of Snakes made a few years ago iu the 

 Province Wellesley, and to Commissioner of Police Mitchell, of 

 Kedah, for specimens from Kulira and neighbourhood. 



In this paper the following species are recorded from the Malay 

 Peninsula and adjacent islands for, I believe, the first time : — 

 Gonatodes penaiKjensis, sp. n., Mimetozoon Jloweri, Blgr., Lepidodac- 

 tylus ceylonensls, Blgr., Mabaia novemcarinatn , Anders., Oalamaria 

 pavimentata, Dum. & Bibr., liana lucUiosa, Peters, Lvalus pictus, 

 Peters, aud Galophrynus pleurostifima, Tschudi ; the variations of 

 liana macrodon are discussed ; and the tadpoles of four species are 

 described. 



The classification and nomenclature are according to the British 

 Museum Catalogues of the Eeptilia 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 ATHEC^. 

 Family SphabgidJ3. 



1. DEHMOCnELYS COMACBA, L. 



Dermocliehjs coriacea, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 10 (skull fig. p. 9). 

 There is a large specimen, unlabelled, iu the EafHes Museum, 

 Singapore, supposed to have been caught in the neighbourhood. 

 Hah. Tropical seas ; sometimes occurs in the temperate seas. 



