1920.] G. A. BouLENGER : Frogs of the Genus Rana. 121 



at right angles to the body ; tibia 3! to 4 times as long as broad, 1.1 

 to nearly 2 times in length from snout to vent, as long as or a little 

 longer or a little shorter than the fore limb, as long as or a little 

 longer than the foot. Toes rather long, depressed, and dilated 

 at the end like the fingers. I webbed, the web not penetrating 

 between the outer metatarsals ; subarticular tubercles rather small, 

 feebly prominent ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle ellip- 

 tic, feebly prominent, ^ the length of the inner toe; no outer 

 tubercle. 



Skin smooth above, with fine interrupted longitudinal glan- 

 dular folds on the back ; sides granulate ; a strong glandular fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder. Lower parts smooth. 



Grey or pinkish brown above ; snout lighter, bordered by a dark 

 cross-bar between the eyes ; a broad black canthal streak and 

 a black temporal spot ; usually a few large black spots on the sides, 

 one. above the groin, being constant ; limbs with regular dark 

 cross-bands. Lower parts brownish, belly sometimes with small 

 white spots. 



Males without secondary sexual characters. 



Eggs very large, 2 millim. in diameter in uterus of female 

 measuring 27 millim. from snout to vent. 



M easurements in millimetres. 



From snout to vent 



Head .. 



Width of head . . 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital width 



Tympanum 



Fore limb 



First finger 



Second finger 



Third finger 



Fourth finger 



Hind limb 



Tibia 



Foot 



Third toe 



Fourth toe 



Fifth toe 



I — 3. Malabar (types). 4. 



Habitat. Malabar, 



61. Rana phrynodcrma. 



Rana phryiioderma, Bouleng., Cat. Batr. Ecatid. p. 462 (1882), and Faun, 

 hid., Rept. p. 455 (1890). 



Vomerine teeth in short transverse or slightly oblique series 

 on a level with the posterior borders of the choanae, the distance 

 between the two series equal to the length of one of them. 

 Tongue with a long pointed papilla in the middle. 



