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better to consider this a localized island race, and not a distinct species; though 

 more specimens of various ages and from a number of localities might completely 

 separate this race, or possibly invalidate it altogether. 



Microhyla annectans Bodlengee. 



Plate 7, fig. 26. 



BouLENGER, Ann. mag. nat. hist., 1900, ser. 7, 6, p. 188. Van Kampen, Zool. ergeb. Max Weber's 

 Raise, 1907, 4, 2, p. 404^405. 



Type locality: — Larut Hills, Perak. 



Two examples from the Botanical Gardens at Tjibodas, about 4,500 feet in 

 altitude. During March and April specimens of this genus were very rare, and 

 it was only after long searching that these few individuals were found. They 

 spring nimbly about on the damp leaf-mould of the deep forest, often clinging 

 to a leaf as would a Hyla. Their colors serve as a most perfect protection against 

 their being seen. 



Now known from Java and the Malay Peninsula. It should be noted how 

 this distribution is paralleled by that of many other species of both Reptilia and 



Amphibia. 



Microhyla achatina (Boie). 

 Plate 7, fig. 27. 

 BoiB, Isis, 1827, .p. 294. Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit, mus., 1882, p. 166. 



Type locality: — Java. 



A single specimen taken in April, 1907, on the volcano Papangdaiang, near 

 Garut, Java. Altitude about 5,000 feet. This is a typical highland species in 

 Java; I could not learn that it had ever been found near Buitenzorg. It is 

 said to occur commonly at certain seasons near Sukabumi and Tjibodas, about 

 3,000 and 4,000 feet respectively. From the latter station Bryant has a very 

 minute frog which I think belongs to this species. 



Now known from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, and Java. 



Kaloula pulchra Gray. 

 Plate 7, fig. 29. 

 Gray, Zool. misc., 1831, p. 38. Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit, mus., 1882, p. 170-171. 



Type locality: — China. 

 This species is not uncommon about Makassar, Celebes. It is strictly 

 nocturnal, remaining hidden in holes during the daytime. These specimens 

 do not agree at all with Gray's original description of color. He writes, "Back 

 brown; black spotted; beneath pale; with a broad band across the forehead 

 and the fore legs, and on each side from the eye to the groin rose red." The 



