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Brown above, indistinctly marbled with darker ; a dark bar, 

 light edged in front, between the eyes ; usuall}' a dark and light 

 chevron-shaped band on the anterior part of the back ; a more or 

 less distinct dark canthal and temporal streak and dark vertical 

 bars on the lips ; limbs with more or less distinct dark cross-bars. 

 Lower parts white, throat often spotted with brown. 



Males without vocal sacs, distinguished by a larger head and 

 stronger tooth-like prominences in the lower jaw. 



Skull as in R. kuhlii. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



Habitat. Bengal, Khasi hills, and Malay Peninsula. 



27. Rana feae. 



Rana feae, Bouleng., Ann. Miis. Genova (2) V, 1887, p. 418, pi. iii, and 

 Faun, hid., Rept. p. 446 (1890). 



Vomerine teeth in small oblique groups between the choanae 

 and extending beyond the level of their posterior borders. 



Head much broader than long, much depressed ; snout round- 

 ed, scarcely projecting beyond the mouth, shorter than the eye ; no 

 canthus rostralis ; loreal region oblique, concave; nostril a little 

 nearer the eye than the end of the snout ; the distance between the 

 nostrils greater than the interorbital width, which is a little less 

 than that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, ^- the diameter 

 of the eye, not more than its distance from the latter. 



Fingers obtuse, first a little longer than the second, third longer 

 than the snout ; subarticular tubercles moderate. 



Hind limb moderately long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reach- 

 ing the e3'e ; tibia twice in length from snout to vent. Toes rather 

 short, with obtuse tips, entirely webbed; subarticular tubercles 

 moderate ; a narrow tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle narrow^ 

 feebly prominent, J the length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



