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longitudinal folds ; a glandular lateral fold ; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Brown above, with rather large blackish spots ; a triangular or 

 chevron-shaped blackish marking between the eyes ; generally a 

 light spot on the tip of the snout ; sometimes a light vertebral 

 stripe ; hind limbs regularly cross-barred, broader bars generally 

 alternating with narrower ones ; lower surfaces, and sometimes 

 also sides of the body, dirty white; gular and thoracic regions 

 mottled with brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs. From 

 snout to vent 34 millim. 

 Madagascar. 



a. Several spec. : 



d^&hgr. 

 hf- c?,$,&hgr. 



East Betsileo. 



Aukafaua, Betsileo. 

 East Betsileo. 



Rev. Deans Cowan [C] 



Bev. Deans Cowan [C.l. 

 Bev. Deans Cowan [C.J. 



736. Rana curta. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 

 choanas. Head moderate ; snout rounded ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as tho 

 upper eyelid ;> tympanum distinct, half or three fifths the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers and toes moderate, the tips dilated into very 

 small disks ; first and second fingers equal ; toes three fourths 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles rather small ; a small inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle ; no outer tubercle. If the hind limb is carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 eye. Back with very indistinct flat warts ; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Olive-brown above, with rather indistinct darker spots ; a dark tri- 

 angular spot between the eyes ; a dark temporal spot ; hind limbs 

 with dark cross bars ; beneath dirty white, uniform or clouded with 

 brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs. From snout to vent 

 39 millim. 



Madagascar. 



a-e. rf , ? , hgr., & yg. 

 f-'J- 2- 



East Betsileo. 

 Aukafaua, Betsileo. 



Bev. Deans Cowan [C.~ 

 Bev. Deans Cowan L L'. 



. , i Page 50. Rana beddomii. 



Add : — ° 



t-u. $ & hgr. Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



The adult female is larger than any specimen yet received, 



measuring (>7 millim. from snout to vent; it is beautiful uniform 



pink above, the markings on the back and limbs being absent. The 



half-grow ii specimen is purplish pink, with the ordinary dark 



larkinga. 



Add : 



Page 58. Rana diplosticta. 



Anamallays. Col. 13edd< me [C.j. 



