62 RANID^, 



behind the tympanum, a verj' distinct parotoid gland, as in Rana 

 altkola. This gland generally disappears with age, though I see it 

 quite distinct in a nearly adult female. 

 Canara ; Malabar. 



Col. Beddome [P.]. 

 Col. Beddome [P.]. 



Col. Beddome [C], T. C. 

 Jeidon, E^q. [P.]. (As 

 typical of Rana cttr- 

 tipes.) 



e. S. ■ ? Prof. St. George Mivart 



[P.]. (Type of Pac/ii/- 

 batrachus rohnsttis.) 



85. Rana alticola. 



Hylorana pipiens, Jerdon, Proc. As. Sue. 1870, p. 83; StoHczka , Pi'oc. Hj 

 'As. Sac. 1872, p. 106. ^ 



P Hvlrivnua nicobgrionoic) SioUotkaf Joum. Ao. — Sue. 1870, p. — KO, 

 pi , . f. -2 . 



Vomerine teeth not much developed, in two oblique series between 

 the choanffi. Head moderate, depressed ; snout rather long, more 

 or less acuminate, with well-marked canthus rostralis ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds 

 the size of the eye. Fingers rather slender, Hrst not extending 

 beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webljed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes swollen into very distinct disks ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed, inner metatarsal tubercle very small, 

 scarcely prominent ; a rather indistinct outer tubercle. The hind 

 limb being cai-ried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches a little beyond the tip of the snout. A slightly 

 prominent, narrow glandular lateral fold ; another fold from behind 

 the tympanum to the shoulder. Light brown above, scarcely or not 

 spotted ; sides of the head and back darker : glandular folds whitish, 

 black-margined ; limbs more or less distinctly cross-barred ; whitish 

 beneath, the throat and breast sometimes nearly entirely covered 

 with brown spots leaving a median line immaculate. 



The tadpole of this species is most remarkable, being provided on 

 each side of the front of the back with a large oval parotoid, well 

 defined, and crowded with pores. A similar, but elongate, glandular 

 patch is seen above the root of the tuil. The head and body are rather 

 elongate, and pass gradually into the tail, which is very thick at the 

 base and ends in an acute point ; the length of the tail is about 

 twice that of head and body. The spiraculum is lateral, just below 

 the middle of the left parotoid. The colour is uniform brown, 

 lighter beneath, with a dark, light-edged ocellus on each side of the 

 tail near its base. Eecently transformed young are still provided 

 with very distinct parotoids and the parotoid-like patch on the hind 

 part of the back ; they have not yet a glandular lateral fold. 

 Khasi Hills ; Sikkira ; Moulmein. 



