1899.] BA-TBAOHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 899 



very noticeable one : — Upper parts pale cream -colour, a black line 

 along each side starting from behind the eyes, some black spots on 

 posterior part of back, and brown cross-bands on limbs. 



Newly transformed young in Bangkok (June) were coloured as 

 follows : — Above pale olive-brown, with on each side a black line 

 from the snout passing through the eye to the inset of the hind 

 leg ; a black spot on each supraorbital region prolonged backwards 

 to the neck as a black line, these lines converge but do not meet ; 

 on the shoulders are two diver^iu"- black lines ; the remainder oi 

 the back is spotted with black ; the hind limbs are transversely 

 banded with dark brown ; the lower surfaces are white. 



S)ize. The largest of a series of adults examined on Peuang Hill 

 in March 1898 measured: — J- Snout to vent 51 mm.; hiud leg 

 77 ; testicles, length G mm. $ . Snout to vent 73 mm. ; hiud leg 

 107. Largest eggs in ovaries 2 mm. in diameter. 



Distribution. Sikhim, Assam, Burma, Southern China, Hongkong, 

 Formosa, Cambodia, Cochinchina, Siara, Malay Peninsula, -lava, 

 Sumba, IBorneo, Celebes, Philippines. 



Tadpoles. Specimens from Bangkok agreed with the description 

 (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 906, pi. xUv. fig. 2), except for some differences 

 in the mouth and in coloui', which were as follows : — 



Mouth. Beak broadly edged with black, lower mandible finely 

 serrated along the cutting-edge ; sides and lower edge of the lip 

 bordered with small, short, round papillae, except in the centre of 

 the lower lip, where there is a space devoid of papiUse. Upper lip 

 with, five series of fine teeth, the uppoi-most uninterrupted, the 

 second narrowly interrupted, the remainder broadly so, the fifth 

 series is very short ; lower lip with three long series of teeth, third 

 narrowly interrupted, the other t\^'o uninterrupted. 



Colour (in life). Above yellowish brown, mottled darlier and 

 lighter ; below white, purplish grey o)i the throat ; muscular 

 portion of tail very pale brown, crests colourless and transparent ; 

 a very noticeable light yellow spot on the point of the snout ; a 

 dark lorown line from corner of mouth to eye. Iris yellow. 



A specimen from the Waterfall Gardens, Penan g, agreed with 

 these in having the 3rd series of teeth in the lower lip narrowly 

 interrupted in the middle, but differed from them and from those 

 originally described from Singapoi'e in having at each of the upper 

 corners of the mouth four long fine papillae. 



22. Ehacophoeus nigeopalmatus (Blgr.). 



BhacopJiorus nigropahnatxis, Blgr. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 

 p. 170 (1895). 



In the Museum at Taiping is a single specimen of a large frog 

 caught in Upper Perak by Mr. L. Wray ( jun.) ; by his kind per- 

 mission I was allowed to examine it. 



Description. Vomerine teeth in a straight line between the front 

 edges of the choanse. Snout rounded. Cauthus rostrahs distinct. 

 Loreal region decidedly concave. Nostril nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye. Interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid. Tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers and toes 



