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1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 8. 9. lo. If. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 



Second finger .. 13 10 8 7 14 13 13 13 12 14 12 12 13 8 7 10 



Third finger .. .. 16 13 12 10 19 19 18 18 17 18 16 17 17 11 10 15 



Fourth finger .. 12 9 7 6 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 7 6 10 



Hind limb •• .. 162 135 108 89 170 168 163 160 154 158 146 145 144 90 94 143 



Tibia .. .. 55 47 36 29 58 57 55 53 51 53 50 50 49 30 33 48 



Foot . . . . 49 39 30 25 52 50 49 49 43 48 40 40 41 26 27 41 



Third toe . . . 27 24 16 14 28 29 26 27 25 28 25 23 24 16 16 24 



Fourth toe . . . . 41 33 25 22 43 42 41 40 38 40 36 35 35 22 23 35 



Fifth toe .. .. 33 28 19 17 35 32 33 32 30 32 28 28 28 18 18 29 



i-io. Darjiling. 11-12. Putao plain, N. Burma. 13-14. Thayetmyo. 15. Ten- 

 asserira (type), 16. ? (type of Polypedates afghana). 



Habitat. Eastern Himala^-as, between i ,000 and 6,000 feet, 

 Khasi hills, Southern Yimnan and hills of Burma as far south as 

 Tenasserim. 



123. Rana himalayana. 



Rami himalayana, Bouleng. Ann. and Mag. N.H. 1 6) II, iSSbi. p. 507, 

 and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 463 (18901. 



\'omerine teeth in short oblique groups between or just behind 

 the choanae, which are unusually small, nearer to each other than 

 to the latter. 



Head a little broader than long, much depressed ; snout round- 

 ed, feebly projecting be3'ond the mouth, as long as the e^-e ; can- 

 thus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region feebly oblique, concave ; 

 nostril a little nearer the eye than the end of the snout ; distance 

 between the nostrils a little greater than the width of the inter- 

 orbital space, which equals that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 very indistinct, :^ to |^ the diameter of the eye, | to once its dis- 

 tance from the latter. 



Fingers very long, with very large discs, broader than long, 

 bearing a groove separating ths upper from the lower surface and 

 another above, corresponding to the long transverse limb of the 

 terminal phalanx ; first finger shorter than the second, the tip 

 merely swollen, third 2^ to 2^ times as long as the snout ; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate. 



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 bod}' ; tibia 4 to 4J times as long 

 as broad, ij to if times in length from snout to vent, shorter than 

 the fore limb, longer than the foot. Toes with large discs similar 

 to those of the fingers ])ut considerably smaller, completel}' webbed, 

 the web feebly notched and involving the base of the discs ; 

 outer metatarsals separated to the base ; subarticular tubercles 

 moderate ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval or 

 elliptic, flat, ^ to | the length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth above, with small granules on the sides and 

 temples ; a more or less distinct glandular fold above the tym- 

 panum. Belly and posterior half of lower surface of thighs granu- 

 late. 



Olive or greyish above, with rather indistinct large, round, 

 darker spots on the body and cross-bands on the limbs ; hinder 



