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have in some cases carmine-coloured spots, which are symmetrical 

 in one CalMa (see Boulenger, P. Z. 8. 1890, p. 31). 



8ome species appear to be Aery careless of the welfare of their 

 young ; it is very usual to find spawn or tadpoles in little puddles 

 "left after heavy rain which must dry up long before the wretched 

 tadpoles can escape from them. 



Frogs occur plentifully up to a height of at least 5000 feet 

 above sea-level. At about this height I found several small pools, 

 only a few feet across, in w liich there were numbers of tadpoles. 



As to localities, beginning on the east coast, Patalung was the 

 most northerly district in which collections were made, mostly 

 near Singora, a large town at the mouth of the Tale-sap or Inland 

 Sea which lies on the east coast of the northern half of the 

 Peninsula. The next locality is Patani, a town on the east coast just 

 below the narrowest part of the Peninsula. From here Mr. Annan- 

 dale with the rest of the party travelled inland to Biserat, a village 

 in a small state called Jalor ; near this village is a hill about 3000 

 feet in height called Bukit Besar (Great Hill). From Biserat the 

 party travelled south overland through Jalor, Legeh, and Raman, 

 and reached the Kelantan Biver : then, passing up the Lebeh Hirer, 

 they stayed for some time at Kwala Aring, a small village at a point 

 where the Aring Biver runs into the Lebeh. At this point I joined 

 the party, which next moved down to Khota Bharu, the capital 

 town of the state of Kelantan. After a short stay here we went 

 by steamer to Tringganu, a large town some 60 miles farther down 

 the east coast. From here we went back to Singapore, then to 

 Penang, and thence reached Ulu Selama, a district about the head- 

 waters of the Selama Biver, a tributary of the Krian Biver which 

 runs between Kedah and Perak. Gunong Inas is the mountain in 

 which the Selama Biver rises. 



I have to acknowledge the kindly interest displayed by Mr. G. A. 

 Boulenger in our collections and to thank him for much assistance 

 in describing them. 



Order ECAUDATA. 



Fam. Kasidje. 

 Oxyglossus lima (Gravenh.). 



Oxyglossus lima, Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 5 ; id. Bept. <Xr 

 Batr.'of British India, p. 436. 



Three specimens from near Biserat in Jalor. 



Oxyglossus l.eyis Giinther. 



Oxyglossus Icevis, Boulenger. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 6; id. P. /. S. 



1897,' p. 2.^8 (tadpole) ; id. Bept. & Batr. of British India, p. 437 ; 

 3. s. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 886. 



Several examples were collected by Mr. Annandale in the same 

 locality as the last species. Two of them have very w arty skin, and 

 a third is bv no means smooth. 



