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as well as on the limbs. The margin of the upper jaw and sides 
of the head exhibit similar traces of macule.” 
Remarks.—Two specimens were captured “in the Caldera, on 
Mindanao” near Zamboanga. Boulenger regards this as a doubt- 
ful species. It has not been rediscovered. 
Rana parva sp. nov. Plate 8, fig. 4. 
Type.—No. F409, E. H. Taylor collection; collected at Buna- 
wan, Agusan, Mindanao, P. I., August, 1912, by E. H. Taylor. 
Description of type-—Vomerine teeth in two elongate, oblique, 
converging series, beginning on inner side of choane and ex- 
tending much beyond hinder level of choane, narrowly separated 
medially ; choane small, rather hidden under edge of jaw; tongue 
oval, very slightly notched behind, the “horns” only slight rounded 
knobs, widely separated at their base; head and body flat above, 
head about as wide as long; eye distinctly less than length of 
snout; tympanum distinct, its diameter about two-thirds that of 
eye; nostril much nearer end of snout than eye; tympanum sep- 
arated from eye by a distance equal to one-half its diameter; 
interorbital width one and one-half times upper eyelid; canthus 
rostralis distinct, rounded ; loreal region with slight oblique slope; 
a slight depression behind nostrils, distance between nostrils 
much greater than their distance from eyes; skin on back smooth; 
on snout, sides, and upper side of limbs skin with numerous 
minute rounded depressions; chin, throat, and belly smooth; a 
very slight supratemporal fold above tympanum to near arm; 
no dorsolateral fold; fingers very slender; widened at tips into 
very small disks, slightly wider than the digits themselves; first 
finger distinctly longer than second, slightly longer than fourth; 
no skin fold on outer finger or on arm; toes one-third to one-half 
webbed, third toe barely longer than fifth; disks of toes slightly 
larger than those on fingers; subarticular tubercles moderate; 
an elongate, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle, more than a third 
the length of first toe; no outer tubercle visible; no tarsal fold; 
tibiotarsal articulation reaches nostril. 
Color in life-—Above uniform reddish brown on back, snout, 
and head, with very indistinct darker areas interorbitally and 
between Shoulders; sides of head and body darker brown than 
back, becoming almost black along the straight dorsolateral limit 
of the ground color of back, forming a distinct contrast; the 
ventrolateral area much lighter, with small yellowish spots; belly 
‘ream, chin densely powdered with cinnamon brown; arms and 
limbs brown, lightly barred with darker brown. 
