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bottom. If this be soft it burrows into it with its fore feet, impel- 

 ling itself forwards at the same time by vigorous kicks of its hind 

 legs. It makes its way more or less completely into the mud or 

 sand but does not attempt to go downwards. After .remaining 

 buried or half buried for a few minutes, it backs from its tempo- 

 rary burrow and rises cautiously to the surface. If no danger 

 threatens it then swims ashore. I have often seen a frog dive 

 direct into the water from a stone or rock and then leap out and 

 skip two or three times. When living at the edge of a stream it 

 dives against the current, and often has difficulty in reaching the 

 bottom. Its swimming stroke is, however, very powerful; it is 

 the only frog with the habits of which I am acquainted that habitu- 

 ally swims upstream. 



R. cyanophlyciis is abundant at the edge of the Yenna at 

 Medha and also at that of ponds and of the larger streams, where 

 they traverse fairly level ground, at Khandalla. It evidently 

 prefers pools or streams of which the bottom is soft. It appears 

 rapidly in isolated temporary pools and must make its way over- 

 land by night ; I have never seen it except at the edge of water 

 by day. 



Rana limnocharis, subsp. syhadrensis, nov. 



This is a dwarfed race akin to the subsp. niligiraca but of 

 much smaller stature and with the hind limbs as a rule shorter. 

 The first finger hardly extends beyond the second ; the hind feet 

 are as in the typical form except that the webbing is slightly less 

 extensive and the tibio tarsal articulation reaches the anterior 

 border of the eye or a point between it and the tip of the snout. 

 The dorsal surface is grey with black spots sometimes with a 

 reddish suffusion ; a narrow pale mid-dorsal line is often present ; 

 the ventral surface is white ; with the whole of the throat black in 

 the adult male. The length does not exceed 35 cm. 



Measurements in millemetres. 



