RAN A. 



329 



than in R. temporaria. Zygomatic process of the 

 squamosal a little longer than the posterior. Ver- 



Fig. 119. 



Upper view of skull. 



tebral column twice to twice and a half the length of 

 the skull. Transverse processes unequal in length. 

 Tibia considerably longer than the femur, which 

 measures nearly twice the length of the tarsus. Two 

 bones in the praspollex and two in the prsehallux. 



Measurements of Skeleton (in millimetres). 



Length of skull . 



Width of skull . 



Least interorbital width 



Dorsal vertebral column 



Urostyle 



Humerus . 



Radius-ulna 



Manus 



Pelvis 



Femur 



Tibia 



Tarsus 



Pes . 



<? 

 15 

 14 



3 

 17 

 15 

 14 



9 

 12 

 18 

 24 

 28 

 12 

 26 



? 



17 

 17 



4 

 19 

 16 

 15 

 10 

 14 

 22 

 28 

 33 

 14 

 29 



Habits. — Much the same as in R. agilis, which R. 

 latastii also resembles in the enormous leaps it is able 

 to make. Its voice is feeble, and may be rendered by 

 Jceck-Jcech-keclc-IiecJc-Jcecl', uttered in rapid succession. 

 Peracca has observed it spawning near Turin in 

 March, a little later than R. agilis. 



