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this species will almost certainly show that it has developed a number of local 

 races. Already van Kampen (Zool. ergeb. Max Weber's reise, 1907, 4, 2, 

 p. 388) has noted that specimens from Celebes vary from others. These he 

 calls R. t. angustopalmata. His sketches of a foot of a specimen each from 

 Calcutta, Buitenzorg, and Tempe, Celebes, show well his reason for this designa- 

 tion. 



Stejneger (loc. cit., p. 142) writes "Specimens from Borneo, which I had the 

 privilege of examining in British Museum, have the A'omerine groups of teeth 

 more oblique and separated from tlie choanse by a space fully eciual to that be- 

 tween the two patches. I can not, therefore, agree in regarding Rana schhtcteri 

 Werner as a synonym." 



I think this form may best be known as R. t. schlueteri Werner. 



Unfortunately the adults of this species are everywhere very shy and difficult 

 to capture. Besides two from Sarawak, I have full-grown examples from 

 Buitenzorg, Java, only. This frog was, however, taken at the following locali- 

 ties: — Lucknow, 3 half grown; Sunderbans, Lower Bengal, 4 young; Teesta 

 Valley, Bhutan frontier, 8 small; Mandalay, Burma, 1 half grown; Tigyaing, 

 Upper Burma, 1 almost adult; Buitenzorg, Java, large series of all ages; Bali, 

 Lesser Sunda Islands, 3 young; Lombok, Lesser Sunda Islands, 4 young and 

 tadpoles; Makassar, Celebes, 10 young, half grown and almost adult. These 

 represent R. t. angustopalmata van Kampen. The describer of this form had 

 specimens from Makassar and other stations as well as Tempe, whence came the 

 example figured. This record from Buleleng, Bali Island, is a substantiation 

 of the previous notice of this form here, by Bleeker. Van Kampen (loc. cit.) 

 in his table of distribution has wisely questioned Bleeker's record until it might 

 be confirmed. Dr. van Kampen was with me, and we both took examples of 

 this frog from the same rice-field. Bryant's collection contained an enormous 

 number from west Java. 



This species occurs almost everjnvhere throughout southeastern Asia, and 

 through the Malayan Islands to Timor and Rotti. 



Rana limnocharis Wiegmann. 



WiEGMANN, Nova acta Acad. Leop. Carol., 1S35, 17, 1, p. 25,'). Stejneher, Bull. .58, U. S. n.it. nius., 

 1907, p. 127. 



Type locality: — not given, but from context it may be concluded that 

 description was based on Bole's Javan material. 



This frog may be recognized in the field from Rana tigerina, which it so closely 

 resembles, by its less webbed feet, and by its lacking the fold of skin along the 



