70 RANID^. 



beyond the tip of the snout. Skin smooth above, or covered with 

 small rounded glandules, larger on the sides of the body ; a fold 

 above the tympanum ; belly granular. Above brown, variegated 

 with greyish or grey, spotted with darker ; beneath yellowish, im- 

 maculate or marbled with brown. Male with two internal vocal 

 sacs. 



'Nk; tadpole i^sembles th!^ of B. alti^la in h^^'ing pf^^toid 

 gland^v The spirWdum is laWal, below^e midd\ of th^j^ft 

 parotoidSwThe tail i^joiuted ami about twicK as long als head aind 

 body. Um^rm dark bmjvn. 



^fg^i'^'if""" ; Himalayas. 



a. 2 ■ /Afghanistan J Dr. Griffith [P.]. 



^ (Types of Poh/pedates afffJiana.) 

 .p>XCcir((u(h,c. Many larvse. ^Afghamstan^^ East-India Company [P.]., _^ 



f?. Many spec. : c? ,? , Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



hgr., & yg. 

 e, /-/;.$ &yg. Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



100. Rana formosa. 



Polypedates formosiis, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 573, pi. 65. 

 f B. 



This species is very closely allied to, and perhaps not different 

 from, Bana afghana. The principal difference resides in the greater 

 length of the fingers, that of the third equalling the distance 

 between the tympanum and the tip of the snout. Greenish or 

 greyish above, with rounded dark spots ; legs distinctly cross-barred. 



Himalayas. 



a. 0. Khassya. T. C. Jerdou, Esq. [P]. 



(Type.) 

 b,md, 6 ? ■ Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



101. Rana celebensis. 



Limnodytes celebensis {Sclileg.), Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 582. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups between the choanse. 

 Head moderate, depressed ; snout subacnminate ; loreal region con- 

 cave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 very distinct, nearly as large as the eye, close to it. Pingers 

 moderate, first not extending beyond second; toes moderate, 

 nearly entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into 

 well-developed disks ; subarticular tubercles weU developed ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle small, oval ; a very distinct outer metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. A 

 very broad and very prominent glandular lateral fold ; below it 



