1920.] G. A. BOTTLENGER : Frogs of the Genus Rana. 27 



Grey or brown above, with darker spots and large markings of 

 which the most frequent and regular are a V-shaped band between 

 the eyes, a >-<-shaped marking between the shoulders, and one or 

 two cross-bars on the posterior part of the body ; a broad light 

 vertebral stripe is sometimes present, but, unlike what is the rule 

 in R. limnochans and most other species, it is usually interrupted 

 by the dark markings; lips with dark vertical bars, two of which 

 usually proceed from the e3'^e ; limbs with complete or interrup- 

 ted dark cross-bars ; sides of thighs black spotted with yellow, or 

 marbled black and yellow. Lower parts white, throat often spotted 

 or mottled with brown. 



Male with internal vocal sacs and a rather feebly developed 

 pad on the inner side of the first finger. 



Osteological characters as in R. limnocharis. 



Tadpole with the tail obtusely pointed, about i^ times as long 

 as the body. Beak white, broadly edged with black ; a long mar- 

 ginal series of upper labial teeth with a short series on each side ; 

 3 long uninterrupted series of lower labial teeth, outer shortest; 

 lower lip with a series of papillae. 



Measurement in millimetres. 



I — 7. Malabar (types). 8. Man Kodnur, Travancore. 9. Koni, Travancore. 



Habitat. Malabar hills, up to 7000 feet in the Nilgiris, 4000 

 feet in Travancore. 



[This frog is very abundant in the Travancore hills. It is 

 less common in the Nilgiris, but by no means scarce in the artifi- 

 cial lake at Ootacamund. 



Unlike R. limnocharis var. nilagirica , R. verrucosa avoid small 

 springs and pools and is usually found at the edge of streams or 

 large reservoirs. Though the two frogs occur in the Nilgiris in 

 practically the same localities I have never seen them together. 



