184/.] Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 1059 



posed in a maimer similar to that of Ichthyophis glutinosus. The 

 crowded imbricate scales appear to be of a somewhat rectangular 

 form, less rounded than in I. glutinosus : in both their surface presents 

 a minute net-work. The fosset of the upper lip is situated in the 

 centre of a small tubercle. The circumference of the fosset is provided 

 with a very short, minute, membranous tube, which, however, after the 

 animal for some years has been preserved in spirits of wine, can scarcely 

 any longer be distinguished. 



Length of the head, Of inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, 1 Of 



Ditto ditto tail, Of 



Entire length,. . lOf inch. 



Circumference of the neck, 1, of the trunk, If, of the root of the tail, 

 f inch. 



A single individual was observed by Dr. Montgomerie at Singapore 

 in 1843, in whose garden it was turned up with the earth, from about 

 two feet below the surface, and from whom I received the specimen, 

 shortly after it had been killed. Although, as stated, it differs in 

 colours and in other characters from the description given by M. M. 

 Dumeril and Bibron of Ichthyophis glutinosus (Epicrium glutinosum, 

 Wagler, apud D. and B.) as well as from a specimen lOf inch in 

 length, from Assam, the data appear to me insufficient with certainty 

 to determine, whether the present is a distinct species, or a variety of 

 Ichthyosis glutinosus, (Linne.) 



FAM. RANIDiE, Bonaparte. 

 Gen. Ran a, Linne. 



Skin smooth, hinder extremities very long, formed for leaping ; toes 

 palmated ; teeth in the upper jaw, and in the palate. 



Ran a leschenaulti, Dum. and Bibr. 



A line of minute conical tubercles along the sides of the body and 

 across the throat. Above uniformly chocolate-coloured ; beneath and 

 on the innerside of the extremities white, more or less vermiculated 

 with pale brown. Iris narrow golden, rhomboidal, the two lower sides 

 not joining each other, but leaving a small open space between them. 

 Web of the toes orange with purple spots. 



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