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iing as far as second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; 

 tips o7"^rrge¥s~afid toes dilated into small disks ; subarticular tuber- 

 cles rather smairT~a~SH4gl£jSrnall, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 The liind limb being earrieJT^TrfWuul3__aIong tbe body, the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches the tip of thesn^lrtr^^Skin smooth, glan- 

 dular on the flanks and round the vent. Dark brSTra-aJiave; a 

 black temporal spot ; whitish beneath, clouded with grey ; lowS 

 surface of limbs grey, white-spotted. 



Madagascar. 

 a. p . Madagftooai'i 



96. Rana granulata. 



Limuodytes granulatus, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 361. 



Vomerine teeth in two snborbicular groups behind the level of 

 the choanse. 8nout rather acute ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal 

 region very concave ; tympanum distinct, more than half the size 

 of the eye. Pingers slender, first longer than second ; toes more 

 than two thirds webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into rather 

 large disks ; subarticular tubercles very prominent ; a single meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the heel reaches beyond the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces 

 granulate ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder ; another very 

 narrow one along each side of the back ; belly giandulose. Browuish 

 above, sides blackish ; a W-shaped dark mark on the front of the 

 back ; limbs cross-barred ; beneath black marbled and spotted, ex- 

 cept on the beUy, 



Nossi Be, Madagascar. 



97. Rana luctuosa. 



Limuodvtes luctuosus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 570, and Ann. 

 Mus.'Civ. Genov. 1872, p. 43, pi. 6. f. 1. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups on a level with the 

 hinder edge of the choante. Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, 

 without canthus rostralis ; intcrorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyeUd ; tympanum distinct, not quite two thirds the size of the eye. 

 Fingers rather short, fii'st extending beyond second ; toes moderate, 

 hardly half webbed ; tips of fingers slightly, of toes distinctly 

 dilated ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a single, small, oval, 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Skin (juite smooth ; no glandular lateral fold. Dark brown 

 above, the sides nearly black, the limbs speckled and striped across 

 with whitish ; a narrow whitish line on each side, from the tip of 

 'the snout along the canthus rostralis, the outer edge of the upper 

 eyelid, and the side of the back to the vent ; brown beneath, more 

 or less speckled with whitish. 



Borneo. 



a-b, c-f. 5 , hgr., & yg. Matang. , 



