On the frogs collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw.

  • Frank Fortescue Laidlaw
Date:
1900
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Credit: On the frogs collected during the 'Skeat expedition' to the Malay peninsula, 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Bueo jerboa Blgr. Bufo jerboa, Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 328, pi. xxv. fig. 3. A Malay brought me a single male specimen of this interesting Toad, which he had caught squatting on the ground amongst dead leaves in dense forest on Grunong Inas. 1 believe this is the first specimen taken in the Peninsula. Its coloration and proportions are closely similar to those of the type specimen from Borneo. Distance from snout to vent 30 mm. „ „ thigh to knee 19 „ „ „ knee to ankle 20 „ „ ,, ankle to end of toe 25 „ Fam. Pelobatid^. Leptobrachium hasselti Tschudi. Leptobrachium hasseltii, Boulenger. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 441 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 913. Mr. Annandale collected a large number of the tadpoles of this species at the foot of Bukit Besar in Jalor. They are very curiously coloured, being a pale yellow and spotted with numer- ous fine black dots. (See llanitsch, Eep. Baffles Mus. & Libr. Singapore, 1897, p. 8.) Megalophrys nasuta (Schleg.). MegalopJirys montana, part., Giinther, Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 413. Megalophrys nasuta, Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 443; S. S. Flower, P. z’. S. 1899, p. 913. This Frog is fairly common in the Botanical Gardens at Penang, where I obtained two specimens, one young and one adult. A specimen in the University Museum at Cambridge from Java (labelled Megalophrys montana) is very much more richly coloured, especially on the under surface, than are either of my specimens or others that I have seen from the Peninsula. Megalophrys Montana Kuhl. Megalophrys montana, Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 442; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 914. Mr. Annandale caught an adult female on Bukit Besar in Jalor at a height of about 2000 ft.; and I found one adult and three young on Gunong Inas at from 1000 to 1500 ft. above sea-level. It is a very sluggish animal, as is also the first species of the genus The following are the principal measurements of an adult:— Snout to vent 65 mm. Thigh to knee 25 „ Knee to ankle 26 „ Ankle to 4th toe 42 ,, Total length of hind leg .... 93 „ The tadpoles of M. montana were found in the same locality [7]