1^8 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XX, 



McasiireDients of type. 



From snout to vent 



Head 



Width of head . . 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital width 



Tympanum 



Fore limb 



Hind limb 



Tibia 



Foot 



38 millim. 



14 



10 ,, 



S 



4 „ 



3 



3 

 25 

 61 



19 



10 ,, 



Habitat. Travancore. This species is known from a single 

 s])ecimen foimd near Trivandrum by Capt. H. S. Ferguson. 

 It is now preserved in the British Museum. 



80. Rana sanguinea. 



Riiud sang/tinea, BoL'ttg-. Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 364. 



Vomerine teeth in obHque series between the choanse and 

 extending beyond the level of the posterior borders of the latter. 



Head longer than broad; snout i|- times as long as the eye, 

 rounded and obliquely truncate in front and projecting beyond the 

 mouth; can thus rostralis strong; loreal region nearly vertical, 

 concave; nostril much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper e3^elid ; tjmipanum ver}' 

 distinct, more than f the size of the e^^e. 



Fingers slender, with the tips dilated into very small discs, 

 first longer than the second. 



Hind limb very long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching far 

 beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia as long as the distance between 

 the eye and the venr, longer than the fore limb, shorter than the 

 foot. Toes wdth the tips dilated like the lingers, | webbed, 2 

 phalanges of fourth free ; subarticular tubercles very strong, coni- 

 cal; no tarsal fold; two subequal metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, 

 outer round. 



Skin smooth ; a prominent but narrow glandular dorso-lateral 

 fold from above the temple to the sacral region ; an oval gland 

 below the tympanum. 



Uniform carmine red above, dark reddish grey on the sides ; 

 a black band on the loreal region and a black temporal spot ; upper 

 lip white ; limbs with rather indistinct, very oblique dark cross- 

 bands ; hinder side of thighs yellow, marbled with black. Throat 

 whitish, with dark spots near the jaw; a dark spot on each side of 

 the breast ; belly sulphur yellow ; lower surface of hind limbs fleshy 

 red. 



From snout to vent 44 millim. ; head I5"5 ; width -of head 13 ; 

 fore limb 29 ; hind liml) 95 ; tibia 32 ; foot 41-5. 



Habitat. Calamianes Ids., Philippines. 



Known from a single female specimen preserved in the Sen- 

 ckenberg Museum. 



