458 



32. Rana curtipes. 



Rana curtipes, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 532 ; Bouleny. Cat. 

 Batr. Sal. p. 61. 



Vomerine teeth scarcely developed, sometimes indistinct, in two 

 slightly oblique series on a level with the hinder edge of the 

 choanse. Head large ; snout short, rounded, with well-marked 

 canthus rostralis and concave loreal region ; nostril nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, nearly as large as the eye. 

 Fingers moderate, first extending beyond second ; toes short, nearly 

 entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes swollen or dilated into 

 very small disks ; subarticular tubercles much developed ; inner 

 rnetatarsal tubercle small, oval, blunt ; a rather large, flat tubercle 

 at the base of the fourth toe ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin finely granular above; a 

 moderately prominent, rather narrow glandular lateral fold ; 

 another fold behind the tympanum down to the shoulder. Greyish 

 or brown above, with or without blackish dots ; lateral fold lighter, 

 edged with black ; a blackish oblique spot or band below the eye ; 

 upper lip with a blackish margin ; limbs dark purplish brown, 

 without cross bands ; light brown beneath, the throat sometimes 

 dark brown. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 3*25 inches. 



Hab. Forests of North Canara and Malabar. 



33. Rana tytleri 



Hylorana tytleri, Theob. Cat. Kept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 84 ; Stoliczka, 



J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, pt. 2, p. 148, pi. ix, fig. 1. 

 Hylorana leptoglossa, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 139. 

 Hylorana pipiens, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 83. 

 ? Hylorana granulosa, Anders. J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 23. 

 Rana alticola and R. tytleri, Bouleng. Cut. Batr. Sal. pp. 62, 65. 



Yomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanae. 

 Head a little longer than broad ; snout a little longer than the 

 diameter of the orbit, more or less acuminate and prominent, with 

 well-marked canthus rostralis and concave loreal region ; nostril 

 nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital space 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, as large as 

 the eye or a little smaller. Fingers rather slender, first not extend- 

 ing beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes swollen into small but very distinct disks ; sub- 

 articular tubercles well developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle very 

 small, scarcely prominent ; a rather indistinct outer metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout, or a little beyond. A slightly prominent, narrow 

 glandular lateral fold ; another, sometimes indistinct, from behind 

 the tympanum to the shoulder. Light brown above, scarcely or not 



