86 Rejn. 
IV. RFPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
[1904] 
G. LoiSEL, C.R. Soc. Biol. Ivi, pp. 504-507, 883-886, has made experiments 
on the toxicity of the ovaries, testes, and other organs in Rana escu- 
lenta and R. teniporaria. 
Ranid^. 
RanUy L. On variations in the European species : G. Depoli, Riv. ital. 
Sci. Nat. xxiv, pp. 38, 68, 151. R. hexadactyla, Schu., limnocharis^ 
Boie, and hreviceps, Schn. Tadpoles described and figured by H. S. 
Ferguson, J. Bombay Soc. xv, p}). 500-502, pis. a & b. R. esculenta, 
var. lessonce, Gamer., figured by Wolterstorff, Schr. Ges. Danzig (2) 
xi, pi. i. fig. 6 ; R. latastii^ Blgr., and grceca, Blgr., recorded from 
Tessin by Ghidini, Boll. Soc. Ticin. i, pp. 36 & 37 ; R. arvalis, var. n. 
nigromaculata^ Wolterstorff, t. c. p. 59, pi. i, figg. 1-3, N. Germany ; 
R, pleuraden, sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Xat. Hist. (7) xiii, p. 131, 
Yunnan ; R. greenii^ sp. n., id. Spolia Zeylan. ii, p. 74, Ceylon ; R. 
aurantiaca, sp. n., id. J. Bombay Soc. xv, p. 430, pi. — , tig. 1, 
Travancore. 
Phrynohatrachus perpalmatus^ Blgr., recorded from near Chartoum by 
L. G. Andersson, Res. Swed. Zool. Exped., p. 10 ; P. natalensis, 
Smith, f. n. gracilis, id. ibid. p. 10, fig., S. of Kaka, While Xile ; P. 
tellinii, sp. n., Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix. No. 467, p. 4, 
Erythrsea. 
Nyctibates, g. n., related to Tricliohatrachus, for N. corrugatvs, sp. n., 
Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xiii, p. 261, S. Cameroon. 
Bidua, g. n., near Petropedetes, for B. ventrimarmorata, sp. n., Boulenger, 
t. c. p. 262, S. Cameroon. 
Prostherapis inguinalis, Cope. Note by Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix. 
No. 465, p. 15. P. fesUe, sp. n., id. ibid. p. 16, Ecuador. 
Phyllodromus, Esp. = Prostherapis, Cope, Peracca, t. c. p. 17. 
Rhacophortts macidatus, Gray, and malaharicus, Jerd. Spawn and tad- 
poles described and figured by H. S. Ferguson, J. Bombay Soc. xv, 
pp. 503 & 504, pis. A-c. R. nigropalmatus, Blgr., redescribed, with 
notes on the skeleton and the development, by Isenschmid, Mt. Ges. 
Bern 1903, pp. 10 & 22, pis. ii & vi ; it. georgii, sp. n., J. Roux, Yerh. 
Ges. Basel xv, p. 430, pi. viii, Celebes ; R. pleuroUmia, sp. n., 
Boulenger, J. Bombay Soc. xv, p. 430, pi. — , fig. 2, Ceylon. 
Ixalus halyi, sp. n., Boulenger, t. c. p. 431, pi. — , fig. 3, Ceylon. 
Megalixalus leptosomus, Peters. Notes on the habits : Yaillant, Bull. 
Mus Paris 1904, p. 436. 
Eng ystomati d^. 
Atelopus flavescens, D. and B. Note by van Lidth de Jeude, Notes 
Leyden Mus. xxv, p. 92 ; A. ignescens, Corn., pidcher, Blgr., and elega/is, 
Blgr. Notes by Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix. No. 465, pp. 19 
& 22. A. festal, p. 18, hufoniformis, p. 20, and hoidengeri, p. 20, 
spp. nn., id. ibid. Ecuador. 
Ctenophryne, g. n., allied to Otophryne, Blgr., for 6'. geayi, sp. n., 
MocQUARD, Bull. Mus. Paris 1904, p. 308, Colombia. 
PhryneUa pulchra, Blgr., redescribed and figured by Isenschmid, Mt. Ges. 
Bern 1903, p. 12, pi. v, fig. 1. 
Calophrynus pJeurostigma, Tsch., redescribed and figured as Bufo studeri, 
sp. n., by Isenschmid, t. c. p. 14, pi. v, fig. 2, Sumatra. 
Engystoma alhopunctatum, Bttgr., and leucostictinn, Blgr., compared by 
Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix. No. 460, p. 12 ; E. cequatoriale, 
sp. n., id. ibid.. No. 465, p. 23, Ecuador. 
