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16. IxALUs piCTUS, Ptrs. 



Ixalus pictus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 580 ; Peters, 

 Ann. Mus. Civ. Geiiova, iii. 1872, p. 44, pi. vi. fig. 3 ; Boul. Cat. 

 Batr. Sal. p. 99. 



A specimen of this elegant little spotted Frog, onl)' previonsly 

 recorded from Borneo, was caught in tlie jungle on Bukit Timali, 

 Singapore, in Peb. 1896, by Dr. llanitsch, of tlie llaiiies Museum. 



Ilab. Malay Peninsula and Borneo. 



17. Ixalus aspbe, Blgr. 



Ixalus asper, Boul. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 415, pi. xxxix. fig. 1. 



This species was described from specimens sent to the British 

 Museum by Mr. Wray ; a pair were " caught breeding in the water 

 on Hill Garden, Larut, Perak, at an elevation of 3300 feet." 



Ilab. Malay Peninsula, Burma. 



Family Engystomatid^. 



18. Calopheynus plbueostigma, Tschudi. 



Cahphrymts pleurostigma, Bonl. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 158; Boul. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 490 (palate fig.). 



I obtained one young specimen in the jungle on Bukit Tiraah, 

 Singapore ; this species does not seem to have be3n previously 

 recorded from the Straits Settlements. 



Ilab. Burma, South China, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Natunas. 



19. MionoHYLA aohatina, Boie. 



Microhjla achatina, Boul. Oat. Batr. Sal. p. 106. 



There are J and 5 specimens in the British Museum from 

 Malacca from Mr. Ilervey. 



/fab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and 

 Moluccas. 



20. MlOROIIYLA BEllUMOBH, Blyth. 



Microht/la berdmorii, Boul. Catr. Batr. Sal. p. 166. 



Boulenger (Fauna Brit. India, Eeptiles p. 492) says, •' Mr. W. L. 

 Sclater recently communicated to me a specimen obtained by 

 Mr. Davison at Malacca." 



Hab. Burma, Camboja, Malay Peninsula. 



21. Callula pulcuea, Gray. 

 llylaidactylus bivittatus, Cantor, p. 143. 



Callida pulchra, Boul. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 170 (hand etc. fig.). 



Cantor obtained a male from a field near Malacca ; I have not 

 heard of its occurring in Penang. 



I ha\e been told by both English and natives that this Frog 

 was unknown in Singapore until some nine or ten years ago, when 

 it was introduced by a half-caste, why it is not known, and that it 

 rapidly spread about the island. It is now well-known as the 



