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Mouth. — Beak black, horny, upper mandible with a blunt tooth- 

 like prominence in the middle, lower finely serrated. Two rows of teeth 

 within the upper lip, the lower of which is interrupted. Three rows of 

 teeth within the lower lip, the outermost short, less than half the 

 length of the middle row, which again is shorter than the upper. Short 

 fleshy papillae present on the sides. 



Colour (in life). — Body above pinkish-brown with dark-brown spots 

 and markings. Below greyish-white with some fine brown markings. 

 Tail rather lighter with large dark-brown blotches, which are more 

 numerous towards the end. 



Length of body 14 mm. Length of tail 27 mm. Breadth of body 

 8 mm. Depth of tail 6 mm. Toes half- webbed. 



7. Rana beddomii.— This little frog is only found in forest and usually 

 only on the hills, but on one occasion one was found at Bombayum 

 about ten miles from Trevandrum in the low country. 



8. Rana curtipes. — A single specimen of this frog was taken at 

 Pirmerd at an elevation of 3,000 feet. 



9. Rana temporalis. — This is only found on the hills at considerable 

 elevations. Specimens have been found at Pirmerd in Central Travan- 

 core and at Ponmudi in the south, at about 2,500 ft. elevation. 



10. Rana aurantiaca. — A single specimen of this very pretty frog 

 was found in Trevandrum by the museum collector in a bush. It has 

 been described by Mr. Boulenger. 



11. Micrixalus opisthorhodus. — Several specimens of this little frog 

 I obtained at an elevation of 3,000 feet in a mountain stream at 

 Chimanji in South Travancore in May. I caught several tadpoles in 

 various stages from the same pool, but unfortunately they were placed 

 in spirit too weak to preserve them, and the teeth were more or less 

 rubbed away, so it was impossible to describe them. 



12. Micrixalus fuscus. — A few specimens of this were obtained at 

 different times from the same locality as the last. 



13. Nyctibatrachus major. — This has been obtained only at Pirmerd. 



14. Rhacophorus malabaricus. — This is a common frog in the low 

 country and some times enters houses. I have often found it taking up 

 its abode in a hanging fern basket or in an orchid pan. The breeding 

 season lasts from June to November and tadpoles may be found in all 

 stages between these months. The female makes a nest, usually in the 

 neighbourhood of a pool of water. It is formed of a white frothy secre- 



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