454 EANIDiE. 



culation reaches the tip of the snout or a little beyond. Skin of 

 back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; a strong fold from 

 the eye to the shoulder. Brown above, with rather indistinct 

 darker spots ; rarely nniform pinkish ; sometimes a light vertebral 

 band ; a dark cross band between the eyes ; a black baud along 

 the canthus rostralis and a black temporal spot ; limbs more or 

 less distinctly cross-barred ; lower parts uniform whitish. Male 

 without vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 2"o inches. 



Hah. Forests of Southern India. 



^ 24. Rana semipalmata. 



liana semipalmata, Bouleiuj. Cat. L'atr. Sal. p. 50, pi. iv, fig. 3. 



Intermediate between 11. beddomii and li. leptodactyla. Dis- 

 tinguished from both by the much larger tympanum, which about 

 equals the eye ; from the former, by the toes, which are only half 

 webbed ; from the latter, by the length of the first finger, M'hich 

 exceeds that of the second, and by the more extensiAe web between 

 the toes. 



From snout to vent 1-4 inches. 



Hah. Malabar. 



25. Rana leptodactyla. 



Polypedates brevipalmatus, GUnth. P. Z. S. 187o, p. 572. 

 Rana leptodactyla, Buidenc/. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 57. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups just behind the level of 

 the choana3. A free, pointed papilla on the middle of the tongue. 

 Head moderate, rather de]:)ressed ; snout blunt, with moderate 

 canthus rostralis ; interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower 

 than, the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending as far as second ; 

 toes one-third or one-fourth webbed ; tips of fingers and toes 

 dilated into small but well-developed disks ; subarticular tubercles 

 ■well developed ; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal 

 fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the snout or 

 beyond. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; 

 a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive or brownish above, 

 mottled with darker ; a more or less distinct snbtriangular dark 

 spot between the eyes, often limited in front by a light cross band ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral band ; a black band along the canthus 

 rostralis, and a black temporal spot ; limbs cross-barred ; beneath, 

 inimaculate or spotted with brown, sometimes brown dotted with 

 wliite. 



From snout to vent V?) inches. 



Hah. Forests of Malabar ; Anaimalais. 



