2. EANA. 31 



hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal 

 tubercle reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin smooth. Greyish 

 brown above, dark-marbled ; sides of head dark, with a vertical light 

 spot between eye and nostril; legs cross-barred. 

 S. Africa; Madagaooap. 



a. 2 . Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



b. ^. Madflgfljcai '. 



24. Rana cordofana. 



Pj'xicephalus cordofanus, Steijidachn. Novara, Amph. p. 8. 



Tongue less emarginate. Lower jaw with tooth-like prominences 

 in front. Head moderate ; snout rather long ; tympanum rather 

 indistinct. Toes incompletely webbed, fourth nearly twice as long 

 as third ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-like, very large ; a small 

 tubercle opposite to it. Grey above, brown-marbled. 



Cordofau. 



25. Eana delalandii. 



Tomopterna delalandii, Gi'mth. Cat. p. 7. 

 Tomopterna marmorata, Gi'mth. I. c. 

 Pyxicephalus delalandii, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 84; Dum. Sf Bibr. 

 p. 445, pi. 87. fig. 1 ; Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept., App. p. 23 ; Stein- 

 clnchn. Novara, Amph. p. 8. 

 marmoratus, Peters, Arch.f. Naturg. 1855, p. 56. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choanae. Habit stout. Head short ; snout 

 rounded ; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum distinct, half the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 

 extending a little beyond second ; toes moderate, half webbed ; sub- 

 articular tubercles of fingers and toes moderate ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle shovel-like, two thirds the length of the second toe ; an 

 indistinct outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches a little 

 beyond the eye. Skin of the upper surfaces with smooth rounded 

 warts. Olive or brown above, often with one or three light dorsal 

 lines ; throat of the males brown. Male with an internal subgular 

 vocal sac. 



S. and E. Africa. 



a. J • S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



h. Young. S. Africa. 



c-h. cJ , 2 , & yg. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



i. Yoimg. Near Autolo. W. T. Blauford, Esq. [P.]. 



