210 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi<. XX. 



orbital space broader than the upper eyeUd ; tympanum very 

 distinct, about {^ the diameter of the eye. 



Fingers very long, the third and fourth with very large discs, 

 which are pointed anteriorly ; first finger much shorter than the 

 second. 



Hind limb long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching con- 

 siderably beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia if times the length of 

 head and body. Toes with the tips dilated into small discs about 

 the size of that of the first finger, nearly entirely webbed ; a 

 feeble inner metatarsal tubercle, about | the length of the inner 

 toe. 



Skin smooth above, with a distinct patch of minute pointed 

 pustules on the posterior two-thirds of the upper eyelid, and a 

 similar one, with the pustules somewhat wider apart, above the 

 tympanum ; a distinct but very narrow glandular dorso-lateral 

 fold. Throat and breast smooth, belly and posterior lower sur- 

 face of thigh coarsely granulate. 



Olive-green above, the dorsal side of the head and back 

 defined by a sharply marked yellow streak ; sides of head purplish 

 brown ; edge of upper lip yellowish ; indications of obscure dark 

 cross-bars on the limbs ; hinder side of thighs dark purplish grey, 

 sending upward a triangular projection to include the vent; below 

 the latter, in the dark area, two sharply defined round yellow 

 spots. Uniform pale yellow beneath. 



From snout to vent 62 millim. 



Habitat. Mindanao, Philippine Islands. Type in U.S. 

 National Museum. 



116. Rana everetti. 



Rana everetti, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaitd. p. ■/2, p\. \i (18S2) ; Mocqiuird. 

 Nouv. Arch. Miis. (-5) II, 1800. p. 148. 



Vomerine teeth in short oblique series on a level with and 

 extending beyond the posterior borders of the choanae, to which 

 they are nearer than to each other. 



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

 scarcely projecting beyond the mouth, a little longer than the eye ; 

 canthus rostralis strong ; loreal region very feebly oblique, con- 

 cave ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the e3'e ; distance 

 between the nostrils equal to the interorbital width or to that of 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, -, the diameter of the 

 eye, 4 times as long as its distance from the latter. 



Fingers long and slender, the tips dilated into large discs 

 with a groove separating the upper from the lower surface, those 

 of the third and fourth f the diameter of the tympanum ; first and 

 second fingers equal, third longer than the snout ; subarticular 

 tubercles moderatel}^ large, very prominent. 



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

 tion reaching between the eye and the nostril, the heels strongly 

 overlapping when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; 

 tibia 5 times as long as broad, 1.' times in length from snout to 



