50 RA^'rD^. 



63. Rana cseruleopunctata. 



Rana casruleopunctata, Stvuidachu Verh.zool.-lot. Ges. 7f '«>??, 1864, 



p. 264, pi. 15. f. 1. 

 Raniila cteruleopimctata, Cope, P)-oc. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 130. 

 Hylaraua cseruleopunctata, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 48. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups between the choanae. Head 

 moderate ; snout acuminate, with distinct canthus rostralis ; t_vm- 

 panum two thirds the width of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not 

 extending beyond second ; toes two-thirds webbed ; tips of fingers 

 and toes slightly dilated ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a 

 small oval inner, and 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. Skin of the upper 

 parts shagreened ; a narrow glandular lateral fold ; a glandular fold 

 from the angle of the mouth to the shoulder. Above reddish brown, 

 spotted with darker ; hind limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of thighs 

 with yellow sjjots. 



America ? 



64. Rana fuscigula. 



Rana fuscigula, Gi'ndh. Cat. p. 18. 

 Rana fuscigula, Dum. (§• Bihr. p. 38tj ; Smith, III. S. Afr., Kept.. App. 

 p. 22. 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups on a level 

 "with the hinder edge of the choance. Head moderate; snout rounded, 

 with rather indistinct canthus rostrahs ; interorbital space as broad 

 as, or nearly as broad as, the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two 

 thirds the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending 

 beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; subarticular 

 tubercles of fingers and toes moderate ; a single, small, oval, inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between eye and tip 

 of snout. Skin smooth, or with elongate warts along the back. 

 Brown above ; sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; Tvhite below, with 

 brown spots on the throat and breast. Male with two internal 

 vocal sacs. 



"VY. and S. Africa. 



«. 2 • "VVest Africa. L. Fra?er [0.]. 



l-c. 2- Sierra Leoae. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



d. 2 . Cape of Good Hope. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



e, f. (S ■ Cape of Good Hope. 

 g. 2 • Africa. 



6.5. Rana angolensis. 



Rana delalandii, G'dnth. Cat. p. 19. 

 Rana delalandii, Dum. 8; Bibr. p. 388 ; Smith, Id. S. Afr., Bept. pi. 77 



f. 1. 

 angolensis, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lish. 1868, p. 73. 



