2. RAJsrA, 53 



Rana porosissima, Steindachn. Nomi-a, Amph. p. 18, pi. 1. f. 9. 



.--iibpu.ictata, Bocaye, Jorn. So. Lisb. 18G8, i. p. 73. 



aby.ssinica, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fi\ Berl. 1881, p. 163. 



Vomerine teeth in two short oblique series commencing from the 

 inner front edge of the choaute. Head moderate ; snout pointed, 

 variable in length ; interorbital space as broad as, or rather narrower 

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

 the eye. Eingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; toes 

 slender, two-thirds webbed ; subarticular tubercles'of fingers and toes 

 moderate ; a very small inner metatarsal tubercle ; no outer one. 

 Hind limb very variable in length ; carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches either the eye, or beyond the 

 snout, or between these two points. Six or eight glandular folds 

 along theback,the outer generally more prominent; a strong glandular 

 fold from beneath the eye to the arm. Brown or olive above, darker 

 spotted ; sometimes a light dorsal stripe ; limbs dark-banded ; hinder 

 side of thighs black, white-marbled ; beneath immaculate. Male 

 with two black external vocal vesicles opening by two slits below 

 the lower jaw. 

 Africa. 



d. Several spec, 



hgr. 

 «-/■ d?. 

 9- $. 

 /*. 6. 

 i~k. cJ. 

 I. Hgr. 

 in-o. c? $ . 

 p-q. 2 & hgr. 

 r-u. Hgr., (S. & 



V. Yg. 



W-X. cJ. 



y. 6. 

 7r-a. Yg. 



Barbary, 

 Gambia. 



Gaboon. 



Gaboon. 



Sierra Leone. 



Braganca, Angola. 



Abyssinia. 



Sooroo Pass, Abyssinia. 



Sooroo Pass, Abyssinia. 



Ain Samhar. 



Zanzibar. 

 Seychelles. 

 Mauritius. 

 Madagascar. 



A. Newton, Esq. [P.]. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



H. AnseU, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of M. superciliaris.) 

 Prof. B. du Bocage [P.]. 

 Sir A. Smith [P.]. 

 W. Jesse, Esq. [C.]. 

 W. T. Blauford;Esq. TP.]. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. P. Wright [P.]. 

 Charles Darwin, Esq. [P.J. 



70. Rana grayi. 



Rana grayi, Giinth. Cat. p. 18. 

 Rana grayi, Smith, III. S. Afr., Sept. pi. 78. f. 2. 

 Strongylopus grayi, Steind, Novara, Amph. p. 21. 



Vomerine teeth in two long, scarcely oblique series, transversely 

 on a level with the front edge of the choanse. Head moderate ; 

 snout rather short, rounded ; interorbital space narrower than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the size of the eye. Fingers 

 rather slender, first extending slightly beyond second ; toes slender, 

 webbed at the base ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes mode- 

 rate ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, very prominent ; no outer 



