BANA. 443 



Baluchistan to the Malay peninsula, and from the Himalayas (up 

 to 6000 feet) to Ceylon. Like the larger R. hexadact>/la, this 

 species is thoroughly aquatic and bears resemblance, in general form, 

 to Oxyfjlossus. It IS not uufrequently found in pools of brackish 

 water. 



5. Rana corrugata. 



Rana corrugata, Peters, MB. Ah. Berl. 1803, p. 412 ; Boulcng. Cat. 



Batr. Sal. p. 19. 

 Rana kuhlii, part., G'dnth. Rept. B. I. p. 404, pi. xxvi, fig. B. 



Vomerine teeth in two very small oblique groups behind the level 

 of the choanse ; lower jaw with a pair of tooth-like prominences 

 in front. Head moderate, snout short, rounded, without canthus 

 rostralis ; upper eyelid very narrow ; eyes prominent, turned up- 

 wards ; tympanum hidden, dingers short, blunt, first not extending 

 quite so far as second ; toes short, ending in small disks, webbed 

 to the extreme tips ; subartieular tubercles small ; a narrow, feebly 

 prominent, inner metatarsal tubercle, about half the length of the 

 inner toe ; no outer tubercle ; a tarsal fold. Hind limbs very stout ; 

 tlie tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the ear or the posterior border 

 of the eye. Skin of back with trausverse plaits. Brown above, 

 uniform or darker spotted, with or without a pale vertebral band ; 

 a light cross band between the eyes. Male without vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 2| inches. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



G. Rana kuhlii. 



Rana kuhlii, Dum. Sf Bibr. Erp. Gen. viii, p. 384 ; Giintk. Rept. B. I. 

 p. 404 ; Boulemj. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 20. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series behind the clioanae ; 

 lower jaw with two more or less developed tooth-li!\e prominences 

 in front. Head moderate in the female, enormously large in the 

 full-grown male ; snout short, without canthus rostralis ; e3'^es 

 prominent, turned upwards ; iuterorbital space as broad as, or 

 broader than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. Fingers 

 moderate, blunt, first and second equal, or first extending a little 

 beyond second ; toes broadly \\ ebbed, fourth only i longer than the 

 fifth, the tips dilated into small disks ; subartieular tubercles well 

 developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, blunt, about three 

 fifths the length of the inner toe ; no outer tubei'cle ; a tarsal fold. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the ear or the eye. Above 

 witli short longitudinal glandular folds orrouudish tubercles, some- 

 times nearly smooth, except upon the tibia. Brown above, with a 

 rather indist inct light cross band between the eyes ; sometimes a 

 light vertebral band. Male without vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 3 inches. 



Hah. Southern China, Burma, Malay Archipelago. 



