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Specimens in the British Museum from Madi'as and Malabar ; 

 in the Madras Museum from Tinnevelly. 



The two species, Pyxicephalns fodiens and P. pluvialis, of Jerdon are 

 not separated by Boulenger, who considers them as belonging to the 

 same species. The former (P. fodiens) is described by Jerdon [I.e.) as 

 being " greenish marbled with brown ; length two inches ; hind leg 

 2Y'oths ; foot y^oths. Found in the Carnatic ; burrows in the ground for 

 1| feet or so," while of the latter {P. jj/uvialis) Jerdon says that it 

 is " nearly allied to the last ; differs in its shorter thick form and shorter 

 limbs ; light greenish fawn, with dark marbling. Length of one, 2-j-%ths ; 

 hind leg, 2y^oths ; feet y^^ths. I only procured this during the monsoon 

 in the Carnatic. It is very different in appearance, though with so few 

 essential distinctions, and the natives give a distinct name to each." 



As regards this species Griinther says {Rejit. Brit. Ind. P. hrevicej)s) : 

 " The largest specimens measure 2 inches or somewhat more in length ; 

 their hind legs 2j or 2^ inches, the males having the toes a little more 



slender than the females With the aid of its shovel likes 



metatarsal tubercle it burrows in the ground to a depth of 1| feet, 



" We have seen coloui*ed figures of Mr. Jerdon's Pyxicephalus fodiens 

 and P. 2)luvialis, in the possession of Walter Elliot, Esq., from which it 

 is evident that they are identical ; the figure representing the P. pluvialis 

 is taken from a male." 



9. Rana dobsonii [Plate IV. 4], 



Eana dobsonii, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 32, pi. III., fig. 1. 



Habit stout ; head large ; tympanum two-thirds the size of the eye ; 

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

 smooth above, granulated on the belly. Colour and markings Cof spirit 

 specimen) : grey above indistinctly marbled with brown ; a deep black 

 vitta along the canthus rostralis through the eye to the shoulder, expand- 

 ing into a round spot on the tympanum ; thighs black above, white 

 marbled ; beneath yellowish, indistinctly brown-spotted on the throat. 



Specimens in the British Museum collected by Mr. Gr. E. Dobson at 

 Mangalore, and by Colonel Beddome in South Canara. 



10. Eana beddomii [Plate V. 1. A.B.]. 



Eana beddomii, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 55. 



Polypedates beddomii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 571, pi. 

 LXIII,fig.B. 



Polypedates brachytarsus, Giinth. I.e., p. 572. 



A free, pointed, conical papilla on the middle of the tongue; 

 tympanum two-thirds the width of the eye ; toes two-thirds webbed ; 

 tips of fingers and toes dilated into small discs ; skin of the back with 

 short longitudinal glandular folds ; a strong glandular fold from the eye 

 to the shovdder ; lower surfaces smooth. Colour and markings (of spirit 

 specimens); light brown above, indistinctly spotted ; sometimes a light 

 vertebral stripe ; a dark cross band between the eyes ; a black band along 

 the canthus rostralis and a black temporal spot ; limbs more or less 

 distinctly cross-barred; beneath immaculate. 



