1847.] 



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Megalophrys montana, Wag- Pinang 

 ler, Var. 



Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



Sp. Java. 



1073 



lAmnodytes erythrcens, ! Malayan Peninsula. 



(Schlegel.) 



Polypedates leucomystax, \Pinang, Singapore 



(Gravenhorst.) 



Bufo melanostictus, Schnei- 

 der. 



HyUedactylus bivittatus , 

 Cantor. 



Malayan Peninsula. 



Malayan Peninsula 

 and Islands. 



Malayan Peninsula. 



Java, Tenasserim, An 



Bengal, Coromandel, Mala- 

 bar. 



Java, Tenasserim, Bengal, 

 Coromandel. 



ALTITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF REPTILES 

 Inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula and Islands, and other 



Localities. 



[The extra-Malayan localities have necessarily been confined to such of 

 which the elevation has been specified by authors, the Malayan are given 

 from personal observation.] 



Prince of Wales Island (Pulo Pinang), 5° 25' N. L. 100° 19' E. 

 Valley .- Mean annual temperature : 80° 03 Fahr. Average monthly range 

 of the thermometer : 11°; greatest daily range: 13°. Annual quantity of 

 rain : 65.5 inch. (145 days). 



Hills. Granite. Highest elevation (Western Hill) 2,500 ft. Mean an- 

 nual temperature 71°. Average monthly range of the thermometer 10° ; 

 greatest daily range 9°. Annual quantity of rain: 116.6 inch (174 days). 

 Vegetation even for a tropical distinguished by luxuriance, beauty and 

 variety. Characteristic features: Filices. (Alsophila contaminans, Wal. — 

 Schizasa dichotoma, — Neuroplatyceros (Acrostichum) biforme, Desvontaine. 

 Polypodium horsjieldii, Bennett.) 



Pandanaceae. (Freycinetia). 



Taccaceae. (Taeca cristata, Jack). 



Palmaceae. (Areca catechu, Willd. Arenga saccharifera, Labill. Nipu 

 fruticans. Euoplus tigillaria, Jack. " Pinang Lawyer"* Calamus). 



Scitamineae. (Hedychium sumatranum, Jack. Amomum biflorum, Jack). 



Orchidaceae. 



Taxaceae. (Dacrydium. Podocarpus). 



Gnetaceae. (Gnetum gnemon. Gnetum brunonianum) . 



Artocarpese. (Phytocrene palmata,'Wa\. Phytocrene bracteata,f Wal.) 



Nepenthaceae. (Nepenthes distillatoria. Nepenthes ampullaria, Jack). 



Gesneraceae. (Didymocarpus crinitus, Jack). 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Corylaceae. (Quercus racemosa, Jack. Lithocarpus javensis, Blume). 



An undescribed dwarf palm, hitherto supposed to be confined to the hills of 

 Pinang. Sir William N orris found it on Mount Ophir in 1847. 

 t This species appears la be confined to the lower parts of the hills and the valleys. 



