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RANIM. 



According to Werner, this species reaches, in 

 Dalmatia, a length of 90 mm. from snout to vent. 

 It is on such large specimens that Fitzinger founded 

 his Bana dalmatina. 



Skeleton. — Skull twice to twice and one-fourth in 

 the length of the vertebral column. Fronto-parietals 

 slightly grooved along the middle, twice and a half to 

 three times as long as broad anteriorly ; nasals widely 

 separated from each other, oblique, with straight or 

 slightly concave posterior border; upper surface of 

 ethmoid more or less acutely pointed anteriorly ; 

 zygomatic process of squamosal as long as or a little 

 shorter than the posterior. 



Diapophyses of third vertebra once and a half as 

 long as those of the eighth, and a little longer than 

 the sacral. 



Tibia considerably longer than the femur, twice as 

 long as the tarsus. Terminal phalanges slightly ex- 

 panded at the end. Two bones to the praspollex, and 

 two to the prsehallux. 



Measurements oe Skeleton (in millimetres). 



Habits. — The agile frog well deserves its name; its 

 extremely long hind limbs enable it to cover a surface 

 of six feet at one leap. The delicate texture of its 

 skin and the general slenderness of its build impart to 

 this frog an elegant appearance far surpassing that of 

 any of its European congeners. The shade of the 



