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Amphibians. 
Of these we obtained hfteen different species, one of wliicli 
proved new to science. Unlike the Reptiles, we obtained of 
most species of this group nimierous specimens, until on Kina 
Halil we liad to refuse the more common species which the men 
brought in. We also noticed on our march how the various 
species of Batrachiaiis replaced each other as we went along. 
.'Vt Panjut, nearest the coast, we obtained only lianff en/tJurm^ 
whicli was followed by lihacophonis UKcomiistax at the Tuaran 
River, by liana kuhlii on (tunong Kappa and Uunong Kalawat, 
by Merjalophi-jis at Koiing’, Kiouandthe Kadamaian River, 
Kina Balu, 2,100'. Finally Bajh hiptopns^ 1i. penaufjensis and 
especially liana whiteheadi were dominant on Kina Balu. Of the 
latter species enormous numbers were brought in. The single 
specimen of Icfd/njophis {/htfinosns was found lying near the bank 
of tlie Menternan River, after a heavy thunderstorm, with a 
great deal of sand sticking to its slimy surface. 
Very interesting were the tadpoles of Ilantt cavitijinpanuin^ 
with their huge ventral suckers, which my men found attached 
to the boulders in the most foaming parts of the Inuman River 
where the current was so strong that Ave could keep our feet 
only with the g’reatest difficulty. T. Mocquard (7) in an appendix 
to Whitehead’s ‘ Exploration of Kina Balu,’ pp. 285-28G, discusses 
these adhesive disks and considers the tadpoles to be parasitic. If, 
liowever, he had had the opportunity of seeing these creatures 
alive in their natural surroimdings, he would have had no diffi- 
culty in discovering the true function of those suckers, Avhich 
can only be to enable their owners to hold on to a firm object in 
the midst of the rag-ing: torrent in Avhich their existence com- 
mences. 
The Amphibians obtained are : 
liana cavitijinpannni (tadpoles). Inuman River. 
erjjthrwa, Paiijut. 
knldii. Guuong Kappa and G. Kalawat. 
Inctuosa. Koung. 
ivhiteheadi. Kina Balu, 2,100' and 4,200' . 
llhacophorus acntirostris. Kina Balu, 4,200', 
lencomystux. Tuaran River. 
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