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the inner side of the lobes ; beak minutely serrated, edged with 

 black. The upper surface and the tail are yellow, with boldly 

 contrasting black markings. 



The ova in the uterus measure l^ millim. in a female 30 millim. 

 long from snout to vent. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



I — 3. Malabar (types). 4 — 5. Malabar, 

 lum, Travancore. 



6. Anamalai hills (type). 7. Devico- 



Hahitat. Forests of Southern India. 



60. Rana diplosticta. 



Ixaliis diplostictus, Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 574, pi. Ixiii, fig. C. 

 Rana diplosticta, Bouleng., Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 58 (188?), and Fattn. I nd., 

 /?£>/>)'., p. 455 (1890). 



Vomerine teeth, if distinct, in very feeble oblique groups just 

 behind the level of the posterior borders of the choanae. Tongue 

 with a long pointed papilla in the middle. 



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

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

 rostralis obtuse; loreal region feebly oblique, feebly concave; 

 nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; distance 

 between the nostrils equal to the interorbital width or the width 

 of the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, a little more than 

 I the diameter of the eye, i^ to 2 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 

 front, separating the upper from the lower surface ; first finger 

 shorter than the second, third as long as or a little longer than the 

 snout ; subarticular tubercles moderately large, not very pro- 

 minent. 



Hind limb long ; the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout or beyond, rarely between the eye and the tip 

 of the snout, the heels strongly overlap when the limbs are folded 



