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Var. ci. Dorsal surface brown, usually vvitli a median pale 



stripe. 

 Var. b. Dorsal surface striped longitudinally with grey and 



white. 



Variety b retains in maturit}^ the juvenile coloration. 

 Localities. — Ernakulam, Kerumadi, Virkulai, vShasthancottali , 

 Maddathorai. 



Rana cyanophlyctis. 



As common as the last in open country. 

 Localities. — Ernakulam, Vykkam, Kulatlupuzha. 



Rana verrucosa. 



Common among stones at the edge of streams running down 

 from the Western Ghats ; a jungle species. 



Localities. — Kulattupuzha, Maddathoiai, Tenmalai. 



Rana tigrina. 



A common species in open countr}-. 



Localities. — Vykkam, Shasthancottah, vShencottah. 



Rana limnocharis . 



Common in open country and also in jungle at the base of the 

 hills. 



Loca/Z/^es —Kerumadi, Vykkam, Trivandrum, vShencottah, 

 ]\Iaddathorai. 



Rana beddo'nii. 



A single specimen taken with R. verrucosa at the edge of a 

 rocky stream at Tenmalai in the Western Ghats. 



Rana leptodactyla. 

 Common at Tenmalai with R. verrucosa. 



Rana temporalis. 



Not uncommon at Tenmalai but difficult to catch owing to its 

 activity and wariness. Snigle individuals often sit on rocks in ex- 

 posed situations near streams. When disturbed they leap into the 

 streams and rapidly swim to the other side. 



The colour of the back in life varies from nearly orange to 

 dark chocolate. 



Rhacophorus maculatus. 

 A specimen from Shasthancottah. Probably not uncommon. 



