2i6 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XX, 



genus Amolops, which one might otherwise feel justitied to accept, 

 at least as a subgenus. 



121. Rana ricketti. 



Raun rickefti, Bouleng. Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1S99, p. 168, pi. \i\, tig. 2. 



Vomerine teeth in small groups close together behind the 

 level of the choanae. 



Head as long as broad or a little broader than long, very 

 strongly depressed ; snout rounded, projecting beyond the mouth, 

 shorter than the e^'e ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region 

 nearly vertical, concave ; nostril equally distant from the eye 

 and from the end of the snout ; distance between the nostrils 

 greater than the interorbital width, which is equal to or a little 

 less than that of the upper e^^elid ; tympanum more or less dis- 

 tinct, f to I the diameter of the eye, ^ to once its distance from 

 the latter. 



Fingers rather short, flattened, with distinct dermal border, 

 ending in large lound discs, at least as large as the tympanum, with 

 a groove separating the upper from the lower surface and another 

 above corresponding to the long transverse limb of the terminal 

 phalanx ; first finger shorter than the second, third much longer 

 than the snout ; subarticular tubercles rather small, feebly promin- 

 ent. 



Hind limb long, the til.no-tarsal articulation reaching the tip 

 of the snout or not quite so far, the heels overlapping when the limbs 

 are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 3^ to 4 times as long 

 as broad, li to 2 times in length from snout to vent, a little shorter 

 than the fore limb, a little longer than the foot. Toes with large 

 discs similar to those of the fingers but a little smaller, completely 

 webbed, the web involving the base of the discs ; outer meta- 

 tarsals separated to the base ; subarticular tubercles rather small, 

 feebly prominent ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, 

 flat, ? the length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth above or finely shagreened and with scattered 

 small flat warts ; a glandular fold above the t^'mpanum ; belly 

 more or less distinctly granulate. 



Olive above, with large dark spots or marblings ; a dark streak 

 on each side of the head, passing through the eye; limbs with 

 regular dark cross-bands. Whitish beneath, throat, or throat and 

 breast, spotted or marbled with brown. 



Males without vocal sacs ; a large pad on the inner side of the 

 first finger, covered with large round yellowish horny granules. 



Nasals very small, widely separated from each other and from 

 the ethmoid, which is exposed above and rounded in front. Ter- 

 minal ])halanges T-shaped^ with very long transverse limb. 



