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side of thighs purplish brown. Lower parts brownish or pale 

 olive. 



Males with internal vocal sacs ; fore limb strong ; a thick pad 

 on the inner side of the first finger. 



Nasal bones extremely narrow, oblique, widely separated from 

 each other and from the ethmoid, which is exposed above, 

 rounded in front, and produced between them. Terminal phalanges 

 as in R. latopalmata. 



The tadpole from Darjiling described by Annandale {Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. (2) II, 1906, p. 290) as differing from that of R. 



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latopalmata in the fringed lower lip, the dental formula \^^\ and 

 the uniform coloration, perhaps belongs to this species. 

 Measurements, in millimetres (types). 



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. Darjiling, Eastern Himalayas. 



124. Rana formosa. 



Rhacoplioriis formosus,i^iv\n\.h, Proc. Zoo] . Soc. 1S75, ]j. 573, pi. l\v, fig. B. 

 Rn}ia formosa, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaiid. p. 70 (18S2), and Faun, Ind. 

 Rppf. p. 463 (1890). 



Vomerine teeth in oblique groups just behind the level of the 

 choanae, nearer to each other than to 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 a little shorter than the e3'e ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; 

 loreal region feebl}' oblique, concave; nostril equally distant from 

 the eye and from the tip of the snout or a little nearer the former ; 

 distance between the nostrils a little greater than the width of the 

 interorbital space, which equals that of the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum more or less distinct, or very indistinct, .?r to I the diameter 

 of the eye, | to i| times its distance from the latter. 



Fingers ver^' long, with very large discs, broader than long, 

 bearing a groove separating the upper from the lower surface and 



