450 EANIDiE. 



miicli developed membranaceous fringe along the fifth toe ; sub- 

 articalar tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle very 

 variable, small and blunt, or (var. cei/lanica, Ceylon and S. India) 

 nearly as long as the inner toe, strongly compressed, crescentic, 

 shovel-shaped ; no outer tubercle ; a tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaching the ear, the eye, or a little beyond. JSkin of 

 back with longitudinal folds ; a strong fold abo\e the tympanum. 

 Green or olive above, with dark spots ; often a light ^■ertebral line. 

 Male with two subgular vocal sacs, conspicuous externally by 

 folds of the skin on the sides of the throat ; these regions generally 

 blackish. 



Prom snout to vent 6"5 inches. 



Ilab. All over India and Ceylon to the Indus and the base oE 

 the Himalayas, and from China to the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 



The largest Indian Frog. It is essentially aquatic, and is said, 

 when frightened, to jump over the surface of the water much in 

 the same way as on land *. 



17. Rana limnocharis. 



Rana limnocharis, Wiegm. N, Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. xvii, 1835, 



p. 255. 

 Rana gracilis {non Gravh.), Wiegm. I. c. p. 257; Gilnth, Rept. B. I. 



p. 409 ; Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 28. 

 ? Rana assiniilis, Blgth, J. A. S. B. xxi, 1852, p. 355. 

 Rana agricola and R. nilagirica, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, . ..-^v- 



p. 532. 

 Rana gracilis, vars. andamanensis, nicobariensis, pulla, Stoliezka, J. ♦ 



A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 142. ^ 



Rana brevipalmata, Peters, MB. Ak. Bed. 1871, p. C46. > 



Very closely allied to R. tigrina, from which it differs in its ' 

 smaller size, half -webbed toes, slight development of the fringe on ; 

 the fifth toe, and usually in the presence of a small outer metatarsal- 

 tubercle. The length and shape of the snout, the size of the inner 

 metatarsal tubercle, aud the relative length of tlie hind limbs and of " ^ •. • 

 the fourth toe a ary to an extraordinary degree. The tibio-tarsal.-' / 4'^'^" ;j;V 

 articulation usually reaches the eye, or between the latter and the ;•• { 



end of the snout ; but in some specimens (var. hrevipalmata, from., j- 'jj --".*,'.:' I- 

 Pegu and IS. India) it reaches considerably beyond the end of the^ '*^'. ."t-.;/- 

 snout, and the foot measures two thirds the distance between the^ ' ■ 



end of the snout and the vent. Greenish or olive, with darker 

 spots ; a light vertebral line or band frequently present ; sometimes 

 a light line along the irnaer side of the leg ; sides of thighs 

 black-marbled ; throat of male usually with two largo black 

 blotches, sometimes connected aud forming a M. 



Prom snout to \eiit 2-5 inches. 



* The species that is so well known by this hubit in India has never been 

 accurately detorniined. It is, however, a snnller species than li. tic/ri/ui and is 

 I think, E. cyanoi)hlycti&. Probably U. hc.vaductgla has the same habit. — W. T. B 



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