ANNALS 
MEDEDELINGEN 
OF THE VAN" HET 
J'ransvaal Museum. 
IV. OCTOBER, 1913. 2. 
ON A COLLECTION OF BATRACHIA FROM MADAGASCAR MADE 
DURING THE YEAR 1911. 
( Plates IX and X , Text Figures 3 to 5, and Map.) 
By Paul A. Methuen, F.Z.S., and John Hewitt, B.A. (Cantab.) 
Introduction. 
The Batrachians recorded and described in this paper form the second 
part of the collection the first portion of which was recorded in this 
publication in 1912 ( vide 10 ). In the introduction in this paper we gave 
a brief account of the main regions of the island of Madagascar. 
For lack of comparative material we have experienced considerable 
difficulty in determining some of the species represented in the collection, 
and in some cases we have even thought it advisable to leave the question 
of identification over until comparison with type specimens can be made. 
Thus for several species we do not claim that our identifications are final. 
We wish here to express our thanks to the authorities of the University 
of Turin for having kindly sent us cotype specimens of Mantidacty lus 
alutus , Per., and Rhacophorus liber , Per. 
A large number of the specimens here recorded or described were 
collected by M. Herschell-Chauvin of Tamatave: his specimens are recorded 
from the localities Maroansetra, Folohy, Vokarakaro, and in some cases 
under “eastern region.” 
List of the Batrachia collected.* 
Family RANIDAE. 
Genus Rana, L. 
R. MASCARENIENSTS, D. and B. Thirty-four examples from various 
localities in the eastern region of Madagascar. As far as we can see these 
specimens are absolutely identical with those from South Africa. 889-923. 
* After each species is given the Catalogue Number in the Transvaal Musedm Collection. 
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