25 



The presence of the triangular transverse spot between the eyes 

 noted by Giinther is by no means constant. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Madras, Malabar, and the 

 Nilgiris ; in the Madras Museum from the Nilgiris (5,000 feet). 

 Measurements of one specimen : — length of body 2yV inches, length of 

 hind leg 3^ inches. 



6. Eana verrucosa [Plate IY, 2]. 



Rana verrucosa, G'unth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 567 ; Blyr. Cat, 

 1882, p. 29, pi. IV, fig. 1. 



Upper parts with numerous very prominent warts, tubercles and short 

 glandular folds ; first finger extending much beyond the second ; toes 

 nearly completely webbed, but the web does not extend to the extremity 

 of the fourth toe. Colour and markings (of spirit specimens) : grey 

 or brown above, darker spotted ; hinder side of thighs black, white 

 marbled ; sometimes a broad light vertebral stripe. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar. 



7. Rana RrFESCENS. 



Rana rufescens, B/gr. Cat. 1882, p. 29. 



Pyxicephalus rufescens, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1853, p. 534 ; 

 Ounth. Kept. Brit. hid. 1864, p. 412. 



Skin of the upper parts with large, rounded, very prominent warts ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-shaped ; toes webbed at the base. 

 Colour and markings (of spirit specimens): greyish brown above, indis- 

 tinctly marbled ; legs transversely barred ; throat brown-spotted, with 

 a M shaped blackish patch in the male. Described by Jerdon (/.c.) as 

 being of rufous colour above, whitish beneath ; body rough and granu- 

 lose ; limbs barred ; length 1| inches ; hind leg 2^l j foot -f^. Not rare 

 in gardens on the Malabar Coast. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar. 



8. Rana breviceps [Plate IV. 3] . 



Rana breviceps, Schneid, Hid. Amph. 1, p. 142 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. 

 Ac. 1863, p. 76 ; Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 32. 



Sphserotheca strigata, Gunth. Gat. 1858, p. 20, pi. II, fig. A. 



Tomopterna delalandii, Gunth. /.c.,p. 129. 



Tomopterna strigata, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p, 165. 



Pyxicephalus fodiens, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1853, p. 534. 



Pyxicephalus pluvialis, Jerdon, I.e., p. 534. 



Pyxicephalus breviceps, Gwith. Rept. Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 411 ; 

 Theobald, Cat. Repit. As. Soc. Mus., p. 80 ; Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1871, p. 200. 



Habit stout ; head short ; snout rounded ; tympanum half the size of 

 the eye ; toes half- webbed ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-shaped, 

 nearly as long as the second toe ; skin of the upper parts smooth, with 

 some scattered tubercles. Colour and markings (of spirit specimens): 

 light brown or olive above, darker marbled; often a light vertebral 

 stripe, and sometimes another on the upper side of each flank ; throat 

 of the males blackish, that of the females generally brown-spotted. 



4 



