452 RANID^. 



Light brown or olive above, with darker spots or marbUngs ; 

 often a hght vertebral baud, aud sometimes another on the upper 

 side of each flank ; throat of males blackish, of females usually 

 brown-spotted. Male with two much-developed internal subgular 

 vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 2-5 inches. 



Hah. From the Punjab aud Siud to Southern India and Ceylon. 

 In the Himalayas up to about 7000 feet. The structure of the 

 hind hmbs enables this frog to burrow in the ground for about 

 1| feet. 



20. Rana dobsonii. 



IlaHa dobsonii, Bouleny. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 32, pi. iii, fig. 1. 



Vomerine teeth in tvi'O oblique series between the choanae. 

 Habit stout. Head large ; snout short, rounded, with obtuse 

 canthus rostralis ; interorbital space narrower than the upper 

 evelid ; tympanum very distinct, three fourths the diameter of tlie 

 eye. Fingers moderate, obtuse, first much longer than second, as 

 long as third; toes webbed at the base, moderate; subarticular 

 tubercles large ; inner metatarsal tubercle very large, sharp-edged, 

 shovel-shaped, longer than the inner toe ; no outer tubercle ; no 

 tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the shoidder or the 

 tympanum. Skin smooth above, granular on the belly and under 

 the thighs ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Greyish or 

 purplish above, indistinctly marbled with brown, sometimes with 

 a fine light vertebral line ; a deep black streak from the end of 

 the snout, through the nostril and the eye, to the shoulder, 

 expanding in a round spot on the tympanum ; thighs black above, 

 whitish marbled ; beneath yellowish, throat brown-spotted. 



From snout to vent 2-3 inches. 



Hah. Mangalore, South Canara. 



21 . Rana strachani. 



Tomopterna strachani, Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 399. 



Apparently allied to the two preceding species. " Muzzle very 

 little longer than broad. Snout obtuse. Tympanum distinct, 

 circular, as large as the eye. Crown flattish. Lower jaw with 

 weak bony prominences. Skin of the back with short longitudinal 

 folds ; a fold on each side of the abdomen, and another across the 

 UTider surface of the body, immediately behind the fore limbs. A 

 plait behind the tympanum coming down to the shoulder. Fingers 

 quite free, swollen at the tips ; laid beside each other, the first, 

 second, and fourth fingers are of equal length. Hind limb longer 

 than the head and body ; laid beside the body, the metatarsal 

 tubercle reaches the end of the snout. Metatarsus with a sharp- 

 edged spur on the inner side and a tubercle on the outer. Toes 

 haU'-webbed, the tips slightly swollen, and each of the joints on 

 the under surface witli a tubercle. Tliird toe slightly longer tlian 



