IV. RFPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
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• 36 Rept. 
G. Loisel, C.R. Soc. Biol, lvi, pp. 504-507, 883-886, has made experiments 
on the toxicity of the ovaries, testes, and other organs in Rana escu- 
lenta and R. temporaria. 
Ranidje. 
Rana , L. On variations in the European species : G. Depoli, Riv. ital. 
Sci. Nat. xxiv, pp. 38, 68, 151. R. hexadactyla , Schn., limnocharis , 
Boie, and breviceps , Schn. Tadpoles described and figured by H. S. 
Ferguson, J. Bombay Soc. xv, pp. 500-502, pis. a & b. R. escidenta , 
var. lessonce> Camer., 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. Nat. 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. — , fig. 1, 
Travaneore. 
Phrynobatrachus 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 Nile ; P. 
tellinii , sp. n., Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix, No. 467, p. 4, 
Erythrsea. 
Nyctibates , g. n., related to Trichobatrachus , for N. corrugatus , sp. n., 
Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) xiii, p. 261, S. Cameroon. 
Bulua , 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. festce , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 16, Ecuador. 
Phyllodromus, Esp. = Prostherapis , Cope, Peracca, t. c. p. 17. 
Rhacophorus macxdatus , Gray, and nialabaricus , 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 ; R. georgii , sp. n., J. Roux, Verh. 
Ges. Basel xv, p. 430, pi. viii, Celebes ; R. pleurotcenia , 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 : Vaillant, Bull. 
Mus Paris 1904, p. 436. 
Engystomatida:. 
Atelopus Jlavescens , D. and B. Note by van Lidth de Jeude, Notes 
Leyden Mus. xxv, p. 92 ; A. ignesceiis , Corn., pule her, Blgr., and elegans , 
Blgr. Notes by Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix, No. 465, pp. 19 
& 22. A. festa i, p. 18, bufoniformis , p. 20, and boulengeri , p. 20, 
spp. nn., id. ibid. Ecuador. 
Ctenophryne , g. n., allied to Otophryne , Blgr., for G. geayi , sp. n., 
Mocquard, Bull. Mus. Paris 1904, p. 308, Colombia. 
Phrynella pidchra. Blgr., redescribed and figured by Isenschmid, Mt. Ges. 
Bern 1903, p. 12, pi. v, fig. 1. 
Calophrynus pleurostigma , Tsch., redescribed and figured as Bufo studeri , 
sp. n., by Isenschmid, t. c. p. 14, pi. v, fig. 2, Sumatra. 
Engystoma albopunctatum , Bttgr., and leucostictum , Blgr., compared by 
Peracca, Boll. Mus. Torino xix, No. 460, p. 12 ; E. cequatoriale , 
sp. n., id. ibid., No. 465, p. 23, Ecuador. 
