2. RANA. 65 



Head moderate, depressed ; suout a little shorter thau in JR. ery- 

 thi-u'ii, subacuininate ; loreal region concave ; interorbital space as 

 broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds 

 the size of the eye. Fingers and toes as in li. erijtlircea ; a very 

 distinct outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation extends 

 slightly beyond the eye. A broad, scarcely prominent glandidar 

 lateral fold ; anotlier fold from beneath the eye to the shoulder. 

 Cliestnut-brown above, sides of head and body much darker ; glan- 

 dular fold not lighter than the back ; hind limbs not cross-barred ; 

 the entire lower surfaces with large chestnut-brown marblings. 

 Male with two external subgular vocal sacs. Size of R. eri/thrcea. 

 Bolomon Islands. 



a. 5. San Christoval. Museum of Economic Geology. 



b.S- Solomon Islands. G. Ki-efft, Esq. [P.]. 



89. Rana tytleri. 



Hylorana tytleri, Theobald, Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mas. p. 81; Stoliczka, 

 Jouni. As. Soc. 1870, p. 148, pi. 9. f. 1. 



Seems to be distinct from i?. erytlircm. Two distinct metatarsal 

 -tubercles, the inner one very prominent and large. Legs trans- 

 versely barred with brown. 



Birmah ; Bengal. 



90. Rana erythrsea. 



Hylarana erythroea, G'unth. Cat, p. 73. 

 Hyla crythrsea, Schley. Ahbild. pi. 9. f. 3. 

 Hylarana erythrsea, Tschudi, Batr. p. 78 ; Giintk. Rept. Bnt. Ind, 



p. 425 ; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 104; Anders. Anat.Zool, 



Res. Yunnan, p. 84(5. 

 Limnodvtes erythrajus, Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 511, pi. 88. f. 1 ; Cantor, 



Mai. Rept. p". 141. 

 Hylorana subcserulea. Cope, P)-oc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 139. 



Vomerine teeth in two oval oblique groups between the choana;. 

 Head moderate, depressed ; snout rather long, subacuminate ; loreal 

 region concave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye. Fingers rather 

 slender, first not extending beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly 

 entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but very 

 distinct disks ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle small, oval ; outer tubercle none or indistinct. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tip of the snout. A rather broad and prominent 

 glandular lateral fold; another fold from beneath the eye to the 

 shoulder, followed by a strong glandule. Brown or olive above; 

 upper lip and glandular folds wliite ; hind limbs dark-speckled or 

 longitudinally striped ; beneath immaculate. 



E. Indian Archipelago ; Malayan Feninsula 



