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scarcely pointed ; canthus rostralis indistinct ; interorbital space 

 much narrower than the upper eyehd ; tympanum distinct, about 

 I the size of the eye. Fingers slender, pointed, first not extending 

 beyond second ; toes webbed to the tips, which are pointed, 

 fourth not much longer than third or fifth ; outer toe strongly 

 fringed ; subarticular tubercles small ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 conical, much like a rudimentary toe. Tibio-tarsal articulation 

 usually reaching a little beyond eye. Skin with small tubercles 

 and warts above, and «ith rows of pores. Brown or olive above, 

 dark spotted or marbled ; two blackish streaks on the hinder 

 side of the thighs, seldom absent ; beneath often speckled with 

 blackish. Male with two external vocal sacs, opening by two shts 

 beneath the angles of the mouth. 



Erom snout to vent 97 millim. 



The tadpole (described and figured by J. Anderson, P. Z. S. 

 1895, pi. xxxvii, fig. 2) grows to a length of over 100 millim. 

 The mouth is furnished «ith a strong, entirely black beak, 

 surrounded by a large circular lip with a single marginal series of 

 upper horny teeth, and two lower series, and with large subconical 

 papillae on the sides. Spiraculum sinistral, anus dextral. Tail 

 pointed, about 1| times the length of the body, with high dermal 

 folds or crests, the upper of which extends on the back to the 

 vertical of the spiraculum ; it is largely blotched with black. 



This species is common in South Arabia, Baluchistan, India 

 and Ceylon. The only authority for its occurrence in the Malay 

 Peninsula, which I think doubtful, is Cantor, who adds, " the 

 species is apparently not numerous." Two specimens from Cantor's 

 Collection, labelled as from Penang, are in the British Museum. 



A thoroughly aquatic frog, well known in India for its curious 

 habit, probably shared by the allied R. hexadactyla, of making 

 leaps over the surface of the water, alighting on all fours and 

 starting again as they would on land. Capt. Flower has observed 

 it in India to sometimes make a dozen leaps before going under 

 the surface. 



242. Rana kuhlii. 



Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. viii, p. 384 (1841); Giinth. Rept. Brit. 

 Ind. p. 404 (18U4), jjart. ; Bouleno-. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 44.3 

 (1882J; id. FauD. Brit. Ind. p. 443 (1890); S. Flower, P.Z. S. 

 1899, p. 887 ; A. L. Butler, Jouru. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bomb, xv, 

 p. 195 (1903). 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series behind the choanse ; 

 lower jaw with two more or less developed tooth-like prominences 

 in front. Head moderate in females, very large in males ; snout 

 short, rounded, without canthus rostralis ; eyes prominent, 

 directed upwards ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate, 

 blunt, first and second equal, or first extending a little beyond 

 second ; toes broadly webbed, sometimes to the tips, which are 



