29 



fj.. Many spec. : S , 2 > 

 & yg. 



V-TT, p. 2 & Vg'. 



a. 2- 

 r. 2. 



aa-cc. 2 • 



20. Rana verrucosa. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 

 Rana verrucosa, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 567. 



Vomerine teeth in tvs^o oblique series between the choanae. Head 

 moderate ; snoot rather pointed ; interorbital space two thirds the 

 width of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds the size 

 of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending much beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed; subarticular tubercles of 

 fingers and toes very prominent ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, 

 compressed, hardly half as long as the first toe ; a small, rounded, 

 outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Upper parts with numerous very prominent warts and short 

 glandular folds. Grey or brown above, darker spotted ; hinder side 

 of thighs black, white-marbled ; sometimes a broad light vertebral 

 stripe. Male with two internal vocal sacs. 



Malabar. 



a, b-d. Many spec. : cJ , ? , & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. (Types.) 



21. Rana rufescens. 



PjTcicephalus rufescens, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. 1854, p. 534 ; Gilnth. 

 Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 412. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choanae. Head short ; snout rounded ; inter- 

 orbital space half as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 not quite half the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending 

 much beyond second, nearly as long as third ; toes rather slender, 

 webbed at the base ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes 

 moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle compressed, shovel-shaped, one 



