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By N. ANNANDALE, D.Sc., F.A.S.B., Superintendent, 
Indian Museum. 
Rana travancorica, sp. nov. 
No glandular lateral fold. Vomerine teeth in two stout al- 
most transverse groups behind the level of the choane ; lower jaw 
with a pair of small tooth-like prominences in front ; no free 
papilla on the tongue. Head large, flat; snout short, rounded, 
without canthus rostralis; upper eyelid very narrow: eyes 
prominent, turned upwards; tympanum hidden. Fingers short, 
blunt, first not extending so far as second ; toes short, ending in 
small but distinct disks, three-quarters webbed ; subarticular tu- 
bercles small ; no outer tubercle ; a broad tarsal fold. Hind limbs 
stout ; the tibio-tarsal articulation barely reaching the ear. Skin 
of back corrugated, with strong but somewhat irregular transverse 
plaits ; skin of throat longitudinally plicated. Dark grey above, 
obscurely spotted with a darker shade; a pale cross-bar between 
the eyes sometimes visible; throat and lower surface of thighs 
profusely clouded with brown. Male without vocal sacs. 
Length from snout to vent 40 mm. (1 inches). 
This species evidently represents in Travancore the Ceylon 
species R. corrugata, from which it may be distinguished by its 
very much stouter vomerine teeth, less fully webbed hind feet, 
Shorter hind legs and more strongly corrugated dorsal surface. 
I have examined several specimens taken by Mr. R. Shunkara 
Narayana Pillay of the Trivandrum Museum in April and May, 
1909, at Eathancaud and at Anachardie in the Ariankavu Range 
near Shencottah on the Madras frontier. 
