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Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol.. XX, 



Hind limb long and rather slender, the tibio-tarsal articula- 

 tion reaching the nostril or the tip of the snout, the heels overlap- 

 ping when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 

 5 times as long as broad. i§ to if times in length of head and 

 body, shorter than the fore limb, a little longer than the foot. 

 Toes with discs similar to but a little smaller than those of the 

 fingers, f webbed ; outer metatarsals separated nearly to the 

 base ; subarticular tubercles moderate, prominent ; no tarsal fold ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle elliptic or oval, I to | the length of the 

 inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth or finely granulate above, sometimes with a 

 few small flat warts on the back ; glandular dorso-lateral fold 

 very feebly developed and distinct only anteriorly. Lower parts 

 smooth. 



Olive-green above ; a blackish streak below the canthus ros- 

 tralis ; a blackish band on the temporal region and above the 

 shoulder, broken up into spots posteriorly ; sides greyish, marbled 

 with dark brown ; a whitish streak from below the eye to above 

 the arm ; limbs with more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; 

 hinder side of thighs marbled with dark brown. Brownish 

 beneath, throat dark brown, with or without small white spots. 



Male with internal vocal sacs and an oval flat gland at the 

 base of the arm. 



Measurements in millimetres^ of types, from Masarang. 



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 



Habitat. — Mountains of Celebes, between 3,000 and 3,300 feet. 



III. Rana graminea. 



Rana graminea, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, p. 958, p. Ixvii, fig. i. 



Vomerine teeth in short oblique series between the choanae, 

 nearer to each other than to the latter. 



Head a little longer than broad, much depressed ; snout 

 rounded, scarcely projecting beyond the mouth, as long as or a 

 little shorter than the eye ; canthus rostralis strong, loreal region 



