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tympanum ; and the presence of a glandular dorso-lateral fold, 

 which, in my notes, I mention to be certainly present, contrary 

 to the statement of Mr. Sclater. 



Dr. Annandale has since informed me that he agrees with the 

 suggestion I made to him that what he took to be the male of 

 R. vicina is the male of /?. assamensis, which had already been 

 alluded to by Anderson in his description of R. gammiei. 



In the breeding male there is no thickening of the arms and inner 

 finger, there are no spines either on the fore limbs or on the chest ; 

 but a very peculiar secondary sexual character is the presence 

 of a cutaneous flap of almost circular outline, covered with small 

 papillae, each of which bears a short retroverted spine. 



37. Rana vicina. 



Rana vicina, Stoliczka, Proc, As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 130 ; W. Sclater, 



Proc.Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 342, pi. xxiv, fig. i. 

 Rana liebigii, part., Annand., Rec. Ind. Mus. Ill, iqoy, p. 282. 

 Rana vicina, part., Annand., Mem. As. Soc. Beng. VI, 1917, p. 137, fig. 



Vomerine teeth in small oblique groups between the choanae 

 and extending a little beyond the level of their posterior borders. 



Head a little broader than long, much depressed; snout 

 rounded, scarcel}^ projecting beyond the mouth, as long as the 

 eye ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region oblique ; nostril a 

 little nearer the e3'e than the end of the snout ; the distance be- 

 tween the nostrils greater than the interorbital width, which equals 

 that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. 



Fingers obtuse, first as long as the second, third a little longer 

 than the snout ; subarticular tubercles well developed. 



Hind limb long, the tibio- tarsal articulation reaching nearly 

 the tip of the snout, the heels overlapping when the limbs are 

 folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 4 times as long as broad, 

 if times in length from snout to vent, a little longer than the foot. 

 Toes with swollen tips, entirely webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed; inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, feebly promi- 

 nent, about half the length of the inner toe ; no outer metatarsal 

 tubercle. 



Skin smooth, with a few tubercles on the flanks ; a feebl}^ 

 marked transverse fold across the head behind the eyes, and a 

 glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Male without secondary sexual characters. 

 The above description is taken from the type specimen, 

 which Mr. W. Sclater allowed me to examine in 1892. 



The coloration of the same specimen is thus described by 

 Stoliczka :^ 



Above ashy olive, with the tubercles on the body whitish ; a 

 narrow dusky band between the eyes ; a black, somewhat inter- 

 rupted stripe from the pale tip of the snout to the eye, skirting 

 the edges of the eye and continuing as a broader band to the 

 shoulder ; lips black ,* hind limbs, above, with numerous trans- 



