462 RANID^. 



slaty streak along the margin oE the lower jaw, A dark bkiish- 

 black broken band from the angle of the mouth downwards and 

 backwards along the fore part of the humerus, separated from the 

 general dark slaty of the arm by a narrow yellowish streak. Below, 

 the elbow and the hands barred with blackish." 



Length of body 2*8 inches. 



Hah. Darjeeliug (3500 feet). 



40, Rana livida. 



? Polypedates smaragdiuus, BUjth, J. A. S. B. xxi, 1852, p. 355. 

 Polypedates lividus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, 1855, p. 718. 

 Polypedates smaragdiuus, Jerdoti, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 83. 

 Polypedates chloroiiotus, Gimth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 569, pi. Ixv, fig. A. 

 liana clilorouota, Boulene/. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. G9. 

 Rana livida, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) V; 1 887, p. 484. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series commencing between, and 

 extending posteriorly beyond, the choanse. Head much depressed, 

 about as long as broad ; snout shorter than the diameter of the 

 orbit, rounded ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region nearly verti- 

 cal, concave ; nostril a little nearer to the tip of the snout than to 

 the eye ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, about half the diameter of eye. Eingers moderate, de- 

 pressed, first extending slightly beyond second ; toes webbed to the 

 disks; tips of fingers and toes dilated into very large disks, that 

 of the third finger as large as the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles 

 large ; a single, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal fold. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the tip of the snout ; 

 tibia as long as the trunk. Skin smooth above ; a glandular fold 

 from below ^e eye to the shoulder, followed by a glandule. Upper 

 surface of the head and body green, usually w ith a few black spots ; 

 sides of head, body, and limbs dark brown ; limbs with blackish 

 cross bands ; groin and back of thighs with yellow spots or mar- 

 blings ; a white streak along the upper lip ; beneath white or yel- 

 lowish, the throat usually speckled with brown. Male with two 

 external vocal sacs below the angles of the mouth. 



From snout to vent 3"6 inches. 



Hah. Darjeeliug, mountains of Assam and Tenasserim, Hong 

 Kong. 



41. Rana latopalmata, 



Polypedates ? marmoratus, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xxiv, 1855, p. 188. 

 Polypedates afghana, Gilnth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 81 ; id. Rept. B. I. 

 p. 432. 

 » .•■? Ixalus kakhienensis, ^«(Zers. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 845, pi. Ixxviii, 

 fig. G. 

 Ituna afgbana, Bouhmj. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. CO. 

 liana latopalmata, Boulewj. /. c. p. 404. 



Vomerine teeth in two short, straight or slightly oblique series 

 behind the level of the choana;. Head much depressed, as long as 

 broad or a little broader than long ; snout shorter than the diameter 

 of the orbit, rounded ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region con- 



