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rather small ; a very slight tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 narrow, prominent, about | the length of the inner toe; no outer 

 tubercle. 



Skin of back with 8 or lo glandular longitudinal folds, some- 

 times with numerous small tubercles between them ; a strong fold 

 above the tympanum ; upper eyelids tubercular. 



Bronze above, in life, changing from bright yellowish red to 

 dull brown shades, with or without a yellow vertebral stripe ; some 

 of the dorsal folds edged with black ; a black chevron, pointing 

 backwards, between the eyes ; limbs with dark brown cross-bars. 

 Belly bright sulphur yellow. Iris bronze, with a black cross, and 

 a very narrow red ring round the pupil. 



Males without vocal sacs. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



From snout to vent 



Head 



Width of head 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital width . . 



Tympanum 



Fore limb 



Hind limb 



Tibia 



Foot 



I. Penang. 2. Bukit Timah, Singapore. 



Habitat. Penang, hills between Kedah and Perak, up to 4000 

 feet J Singapore. 



19. Rana haschcana. 



Polypedates Iiasclieanns, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Betig-, XXXIX, 1870, 



p. 147, pi. ix, fig. 3. 

 Ratia gracilis, var. audamanensis, part., Stoliczka, t. c. p. 142. 

 Rana hascheana, W. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 344 ; S. Flower, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 894; Laidlaw, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 885 ; 



A. L. Butler, Journ. N.H. Soc. Bomb. XV, 1903, p. 197: Bouleng., 



Faun. Mai. Pen., Rept. p. 232 (191 2). 



Vomerine teeth in oblique oval groups just behind the level 

 of the choanae. No bony prominences in front of the lower jaw. 



Head moderate, moderately depressed, as long as broad or a 

 little broader than long ; snout rounded, scarcely projecting beyond 

 the mouth, as long as the eye; canthus rostralis obtuse; loreal 

 region moderately oblique, slightly concave ; nostril equidistant 

 from the eye and the tip of the snout; the distance between the 

 nostrils a little greater than the interorbital width, which equals 

 that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, \ to 3 the diameter 

 of the eye and i|- to 2 times its distance from the latter. 



Fingers rather short, the tips scarcely dilated, first as long as 

 or slightly longer than the second, third as long as or slightly 

 shorter than the snout ; subarticular tubercles moderate. 



