2. B.ANA. 17 



1, Rana hexadactyla. 



Rana hexadactyla, Oiinth. Cat. p. 11. 

 Rana hexadactyla, Lesson in Bclang. Voy. Lid. Or., Hept. p. 331 ; 



Tschudi, Batr. p. 80 ; Gilnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 405 ; Steindaehn. 



Novara, Amph. p. 19 ; Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 568, 

 Dactylethra bengalensis, Lesson, III. Zool. pi. 47. 

 Rana cutipora, Duin. ^- Bibr. p. 339. 

 robusta, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. 1854, p. 298. 



Vomerine teeth in two obliiue series extending beyond the hinder 

 edge of the choanae. Head moderate ; snout rather pointed ; can- 

 thus rostralis indistinct ; interorbital space much narrower than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, as largo as the eye. Pingers 

 slender, pointed, first extending a little beyond second ; toes webbed 

 to the tips, which arc pointed ; fourth toe not very much longer 

 than third or fifth ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes very 

 small ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, conical ; no outer tubercle. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, with more or less distinct 

 rows of pores round the neck, sides, and belly. Brown above ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral line ; two blackish streaks on the hinder 

 side of the thighs, sometimes indistinct ; young beautifully striped. 

 Male with two external vocal vesicles opening by two slits beneath 

 the angles of the mouth. 



India. 



a, Hgy. g . Nepal. Di. Oculh [0.]. 



b. Many spec, yg. Malabar. Col. Bed'dome [P.]. (As 



tvpical of Rana vittata.) 

 c-d. (f 2 . Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Skeleton, ? . India. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



/. Stuffed. India. 

 g-i. Yg. ? T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. (As 



Pyxicephalus plu vialis.) 

 k,l. 2 & hgr. Ceylon. 



m-n. 2 & hgr. c? . Ceylon. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



0. Yg. Ceylon. 



p. Hgr. 2 ■ S. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Rana cyanophlyctis. 



Rana leschenaultii, Gilnth. Cat. p. II. 

 Rana cyanophlyctis, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i. p. 137; Peters, Mon. 

 BerLAc. 1663, p. 78; Gii7ith. Rept. Brit. Lid. p. 406; Steindachn. 

 Nova7-a, Amph. p. '20 ; Sioliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 102. 



bengalensis, Gray, Ind. Zool. ; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. i. 



p. 192. 



leschenaidtii, Dum. 4'- Bibr. p. 342 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. 



p. 138. 



Dicroglossus adolfi, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1800, p. 158, pi. 28. f. B, 

 and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 402. 



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