214 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi.. XX, 



space narrower than the upper e3^elid ; tympanum ver}^ distinct, 

 about f the size of the eye. 



Fingers moderately long, the tips dilated into large discs, 

 about as long as broad and f the diameter of the tympanum ; 

 first finger shorter than the second, third longer than the snout. 



Hind limb very long and slender, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaching far beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia 6 times as long as 

 broad, i| times in length from snout to vent, much longer than 

 the foot. Toes with well developed discs smaller than those of 

 the fingers, nearly entirely webbed ; outer metatarsals separated 

 nearly to the base ; inner metatarsal tubercle small ; no outer 

 tubercle. 



Skin smooth, belly granulate. 



Bluish grey above, with large bluish black spots with fight 

 centres ; limbs with dark cross-bands ; white beneath. 



From snout to vent 36 millim. 



Habitat. Deli, Sumatra, 



120. Rana livida. 



.' PoLypedates siiiaragdiiiiis, BIylh, Journ. As. Soc. Beiig. XXI, 1852, p. 355. 

 Polypedafes livldiis, BIyth, Jouru. As. Soc. Beiig. XXIV, 1855, p. 718.'^ 

 Polypedates smaragdimis, jerd. Proc. As. Soc. Beug. 1870, p. 83. 

 Polypedafes cliloroiiotiis. Giinth, Proc. Zool. Soc. 187s, p- s6o. pi- lx\-, 



fig". A. 

 Rana cliloroiiata, Bouleng. Cat. Bafr. Ecattd. p. 69 (1882). 

 Raiia livida, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Geneva (2) V, 1887, p. 484, and Faun. 



Brit. Ind.,Rept. p. 462 (1890); A. L. Butler, Journ. N.H. Soc. 



Bomb. X\', 1903, p. 201 ; Bouleny. Faun. Mai. Pen., Rept. p. 245 



(1912). 



Vomerine teeth in straight or oblique series between or ex- 

 tending a little beyond the choanae, equally distant from each 

 other or nearer the latter. 



Head as long as broad or slightly broader than long, much 

 depressed ; snout rounded, feebly projecting beyond the mouth, 

 as long as or slightly longer or slightly shorter than the eye ; 

 canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region very feebl}^ oblique or 

 nearly vertical, deeply concave ; nostril a little nearer the tip of 

 the snout than the eye ; distance between the nostrils equal to the 

 width of the interorbital region or to that of tlie upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, -|- to f the diameter of the eye, i to 4 

 times its distance from the latter. 



Fingers moderate, depressed, with more or less distinct dermal 

 border, the tips dilated into very large discs, as long as broad, as 

 large as or a little smaller than the tympanum, with a groove 

 separating the upper from the lower surface ; first finger as long 

 as or a little longer than the second, third longer than the snout ; 

 subarticular tubercles large, very prominent. 



Hind limb long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching beyond 

 the tip of the snout, the heels strongly overlapping when the 

 limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 4 to 5 times 

 as long as broad, i:-? to if times in length of head and bod}^. 



