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According to Giintlier H. pleurostictiDi {I.e. Polypcdates pleurostictus) 

 is very similar to R. microti/nipanum {I.e. Po/i/prdafes microt ijinpanum), a 

 species which is peculiar to Ceylon, but differs from it in having the 

 fingers distinctly, instead of only slightly webbed. 



Specimens in the British Mxiseum from Madras, Ootacamund, 

 Malabar, and the Anamallays ; in the Madras Museum from the Nilgiris 

 (6,000 feet) : length of body 2| inches, hind leg 3f inches. 



2. RhaCOPHORUS MACULATITS. 



Bhacophorus maculatus, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 83. 



Hyla maculata, Grai/, Ind. Zool. 



Hyla leucomystax, Gravenh. Delic. p. 26. 



Polypedates leucomystax, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1853, p. 

 532; Tsc/iudi, Batr. p. 75; Dum. and Bibr. p. 519 ; Kelaavt, Prodr, 

 Faun. Zeyl 1852, p. 193. 



Biirgeria maculata, Tschudi, I.e. 



Polypedates rugosus. Bum. and Bibr., p. 520. 



Polypedates cruciger, Blyth. in Kehtart, Prodr. App. p. 48. 



Polypedates megacephalus, Halloiv, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 48. 



Polypedates maculatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 428 ; Blan- 

 ford, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, -p.^ 316; Anderson, Proc, Zool. Soc. 

 1871, p. 307 ; Stoiiczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 106. 



Polypedates biscutiger, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 649. 



Tympanum nearly as large as the eye ; toes nearly entirely, fingers 

 slightly webbed ; discs of fingers and toes well-developed, about half the 

 diameter of the tympanum ; a single, small, inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 Skin smooth above, strongly granular on the belly and under the thighs ; 

 a narrow fold above the tympanum. Colour and markings (of spirit 

 specimens) : greyish or brown above, with or without brown spots and 

 a large hour-glass-shaped figure on the hinder part of the head and the 

 front part of the back ; legs cross-barred ; hinder side of thighs brown, 

 with round white spots. 



" The coloration " says Griinther {I.e. Polypedates maculatus) " varies ; 

 the most constant markings are brownish cross-bars on the limbs, small, 

 more or less distinct, round white or whitish spots on the hinder side of 

 the thigh, and a more or less developed white streak on the upper lip. 

 This species has the power of changing its colours ; it is sometimes buff 

 above, sometimes ashy-grey, chocolate-brown, tinged with rose or lilac, 

 black spots being more or less visible." 



The hind limbs of a specimen in the Madras Museum are perfectly 

 white, without markings. 



This is the familiar frog which is so frequently seen in Madras at 

 night, adhering to vertical surfaces, e.g., walls and windows, by means 

 of the discs on its fingers and toes, and commonly known among 

 Europeans as the chunam frog, from the frequency with which it is 

 found on chunam (shell-lime) walls. 



Specimens in the British Museum from the lower slopes of the 

 Nilgiris, Malabar, Salem, and Madras ; in the Madras Museum from 

 Madras, and the Shevaroys (5^000 feet). 



