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the vomerine series iiuicli shorter and more anterior; shorter tibia; 

 larger inner metatarsal tubercle, etc., not to mention the difTerent 

 coloration. 



Remarks. — This species is evidently most nearly related to R. cor- 

 rugata, from Ceylon, and R. kuUii, from southern Cliina and the 

 Malay archipelago, l)ut it shows marked differences from both. 

 From R. IcuJilii it is easily distinguished by the much longer fifth toe, 

 while it differs from R. corrugata in the much larger metatarsal 

 tubercle and the large and prominent groups of vomerine teeth. 



Habitat. — Thus far only known from Okinawa sliima, Riu Kiu, from 

 which island I have examined three specimens. 



List of specimens of Rana namiyei. 



"Type; description, p. 136; figs. 122-126. ' 6 Description, p. 138. 



RANA TIGERINAa Daudin. 



1803. Rana tigerina Daudin, Hist. Nat. Rain., fol. ed., p. 42; quarto ed. (p. 64), 



pi. XX (type-locality, Bengal; type in Mus. Paris; Masse, collector); 



Hist. Nat. Rept., VIII, 1803, p. 125. 

 1820. Rana tigrina Merrem, Tent. Syst. Amphib. (p. 174) (emendation). — Hal- 



LOWELL, Proc. Phila. Acad., 1860, p. 504 (Hongkong). — Boulenger. Cat. 



Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 26 (East Indies; Shanghai, Ningpo, China; 



Formosa). — Parenti and Picaglia, Atti Soc. Natural. Modena, Mem. 



(3) V, 1886, p. 90 (Hongkong market). 

 1835. RanavittigeraWiEGMAm;, Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Carol., XVII, Pt. 1, p. 255, 



pi. XXI, fig. 1 (type-localities, Laguna del Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 



and Macao, China; Meyen, collector). 

 1835. Rana rugulosa Wiegmann, Nova Acta Acad. Leop. Carol., XVII, Pt. 1, 



p. 258, pi. XXI, fig. 2 (type-locality, Cape Syng-more, China; Meyen, 



collector). 



Several other names, in the synomymies credited to tliis species, 

 are omitted here as they may be applicable to possible subspecies. 



Description (figs. 127-131). — Adult female; British Museum, No. 

 68. 1. 27. 24; Formosa; Doctor Collingwood, collector. Vomerine 

 teeth in two very large obliciue series, their anterior border on a level 

 with the anterior border of the choanae, contiguous \\'ith the latter 

 and nearly meeting on the median line; lower jaw with two fairly 

 well-developed tooth-like prominences in front, fitting into pits in 

 the upper jaw; width of head at angle of mouth equaling the dis- 

 tance between tip of snout and insertion of fore leg; snout rather 

 short and rounded without canthus rostralis; nostrils situated about 



<^ Careless form for tigrinus, spotted or barred like a tiger, tigris. 



