130 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XX, 



R. hosii, R. chalconota , R. macrops, R. graminea, R. monticola, R- 

 luzo]iensis,R. gerbillus, R. mearnsii, R. everelii, R. ishikavae, 

 R. crassiovis, R. kampeni, R. livida. 



K. Ranae formosae. Discs of fingers larger still, with longer 

 transverse limb to the T-shaped terminal phalanx ; dorso- 

 lateral fold absent. 



R. ricketti, R. latopalmaia, R. hhnalayana, R. formosa, R. hai- 

 nanensis. 



62. Rana holsti. 



Raiia Iwlsti, Bouleng., Ann. and Mag. N.H. (6) X, 1892, p. 302 ; Stej- 



neg., Herp. Jap. p. 105, fig. (1907). 

 Rana subaspera, Barbour, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. XXI, 1908, p. 189, 



and Proc. N. Engl. Zool. Club, IV, 1909, p. 58. 

 Babina holsti, Van Denburgh, Proc. Calif. Ac. (4) III, 1912, p. 197. 

 Babiiza subaspera, Van Denburgh, f.c. p. 199. 



Vomerine teeth in oblique groups behind the level of the 

 choanae, equally distant from each other and from the latter. 



Head moderately depressed, broader than long ; snout rounded, 

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

 rostralis obtuse; loreal region nearly vertical, slightly concave; 

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

 between the nostrils equal to the interorbital width, which equals 

 or slightly exceeds that of the upper e5^elid ; tympanum distinct 

 (sometimes nearly hidden in R. subaspera according to Van Den- 

 burgh), f to I the diameter of the eye, i-| to 3 times its distance 

 from the latter. 



Fingers moderately long, obtuse, first much longer than the 

 second, third longer than the snout, second and third with a dermal 

 margin on the inner side ; subarticular tubercles strong, prominent ; 

 inner metacarpal forming a very prominent knob. 



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

 ing the eye or between the eye and the nostril, the heels meeting or 

 not when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 3 

 times as long as broad, half length of head and body, or less, shorter 

 than the fore limb, slightly longer than the foot. Toes with the tips 

 dilated into small discs which are longer than broad and with a 

 groove separating the upper from the lower surface, ^ or nearly 

 entirely webbed, one or two phalanges of fourth free (mereh^ mar- 

 gined) ; web separating the outer metatarsals for about f of their 

 length ; subarticular tubercles strong ; no tarsal fold ; inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle elliptic, not very prominent, | to f the length of the 

 inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Back with a few scattered small warts, or {R. subaspera) with 

 numerous low, prominent warts ; body and limbs with whitish, 

 pearl-like excrescences ; glandular dorso-lateral fold present or 

 absent ; if present, originating above the tympanum and broken up 

 behind ; the distance between the folds, on the scapular region, 4^ 

 times in length from snout to vent ; a glandular fold from below 

 the eye to above the arm. 



