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characteristic tadpoles of this species at Khandala in the Bombay 

 Ghats. They are remarkable not only for their long tail but also 

 for the fact that their front legs remain concealed beneath the 

 skin for a long period. In their two-legged stage they chng to 

 damp rocks, both horizontal and vertical, and are extremely 

 active out of water, leaping powerfully when disturbed. N. A .] 



Ripe uterine eggs measure 2 millim. in diameter in female 

 40 miUim. long from snout to vent. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. II. 12. 13. 



From snout to vent . . 33 47 56 40 47 38 56 46 40 35 68 45 35 



Head .. .. 13 17 21 15 17 14 21 18 14 13 25 17 13 



Width of head .. 13 17 22 15 17 14 23 18 14 13 28 17 13 



Snout .. •• 4-5 6 8 5-5 6 5 7 6 5 4-5 9 5-5 ^ 



?1^ i.v,"-^.t, •• "^'5 ^ 7 5-5 6 5 7 6 5 4-5 9 S'S 5 



Interorbital width .. 2-53 3-5 2-5 3 3 4-53 252 5 3 2-5 



Tympanum .. ••334333432-52633 



Fore limb . . .. 21 30 34 26 27 23 35 29 23 22 43 27 23 



First finger .. ••4575547544954 



Second finger .. 3-55 6 4-5 4-5 3-5 6-55448 4-5 4 



Third finger .. .. 57867587661166 



^?"^th finger .. 3 5 5.5 4 4.5 3 6 5 4 4 7 4-54 



Hmdhmb .. .. 55 88 99 72 85 60 105 86 70 70 121 82 67 



Tibia .. .. 18 28 31 24 27 19 36 27 22 22 41 26 22 



1^09^ •• .. 17 26 30 22 25 17 33 21 21 21 37 25 20 



Third toe .. .. 8 12 15 11 12 8 14 12 10 10 19 11 10 



Fourth toe .. •. 12 17 19 11 17 n 20 17 14 14 25 17 14 



Fifth toe .. .. 7 10 II 9 10 7 12 9 8 8 15 9 8 



1—2. Sivagiri hills (types). 3. Sivagiri hills (type of P. brachy tarsus). 4-5. 

 Anamalai hills (types). 6. Anamalai hills (type of P. hr achy tarsus). 7—10. Mala- 

 bar (t3rpes). II— 12. Malabar. 13. Travancore. 



Habitat. Forests of Southern India. 



Whilst the three preceding species lead to the genus Platyman- 

 tis, Gthr., this and the following may be regarded as forming a group 

 fjTom which the genus Cornufer, Tschudi, is directly derived. 



57- Rana leithii, 



I?ana leithii, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (6) II, 1888, p. 506, and 

 Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 453 (iT 



Vomerine teeth in very short oblique series on a level with 

 the posterior borders of the choanae, the space between the two 

 series a little broader than one of them. Tongue with a long 

 pointed papilla in the middle. 



Head moderately depressed, as long as broad ; snout rounded, 

 scarcely projecting beyond the mouth, as long as the eye ; canthus 

 rostralis obtuse ; loreal region moderately oblique, concave; nostril 

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

 nostrils greater than the interorbital width, which is a little 

 less than that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, f the 

 diameter of the eye, 3 times its distance from the latter. 



Fingers moderately long, the tips dilated into rather large 

 discs, which are a little broader than long and with a groove in 



