2. KANA. 35 



33. Rana rugosa. 



Rana rugosa, Gibith. Cut p. 11. 

 Rana rugosa, Schleg. Faun. Japon.,B.ept. pi. 3. f. 3,4; Tschudi, Batr. 

 p. 79 ; Ditm. S,- ' Bihr. p. 3(i8 ; Hallow. Proc. Ac. ' Philad. 18()0, 

 p. 409; Martens, Freiiss. Kip. O.-As. i. p. Ill ; Camerano, Atti 

 Ac. Torino, xiv. p. 868. 



Vomerine teeth in two ohlique groups between the choanse. 

 Head moderate ; snout short, rounded ; interorbital space as broad 

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

 eye. Pingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; toes 

 moderate, incompletely webbed ; subarticular tubercles of fingers 

 and toes rather smaU ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, blunt ; 

 a small rounded one opposite to it. The hind limb being carried 

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

 Above rough with very large, elongated tubercles ; beneath, granular. 

 Brown ; legs indistinctly cross-barred. (Male with external vocal 

 vesicles.) 



Japan. 



a,b. 5 • Japan. Levden Museum. 



c. $. ? Dr! Bleaker. 



34. Rana montezumae. 



Rana montezumm, Baird, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1855, p. 61 ; Girard, U.S. 



Me.v. Bound. Siirv., liept. p. 27, pi. 36. f. 1-0 ; Brocchi, Miss. 6'c. 



Mex., Batr. p. 14, pi. iv. f. 2. 

 onca, Cupe, in Yarrow, Rep. E.cpl. Suru. v. Zool. p. 528, pi. 25. 



f. 1-3. 



Vomerine teeth in two nearly straight groups between the 

 choanse. Habit stout. Head short, snout rounded ; canthus ros- 

 tralis indistinct ; interorbital space two thirds the width of the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum nearly as large as the eye. Pingers 

 pointed, first not extending beyond second ; toes broadly webbed ; 

 subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes small ; a small, blunt, 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 

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

 tympanum. A narrow glandular lateral fold, sometimes quite 

 indistinct, especially on the hinder half of the back ; sides of body 

 with small, pearl- like tubercles. Brown above, more or less 

 distinctly speckled with grey ; Small, rounded, dark-brown spots on 

 the back, transverse ones on the limbs ; beneath yellowish or light 

 brown, dotted with whitish. Male with a black external vocal 

 vesicle on each side, behind the angle of the mouth. 



Mexico. 



Mr. Doorman [C.]. 

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