230 EANID,E. 



dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, blunt, about | length of inner 

 toe ; no outer tubercle ; a tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaching temple or eye. Above with short longitudinal glandular 

 folds or roundish tubercles, sometimes nearly smooth, except upon 

 the tibia. Brown or olive-green above, with or without irregular 

 small black spots ; a black transverse line or bar, preceded by a 

 yellowish one, often present between the eyes ; sometimes a 

 yellow vertebral stripe ; chin and sides of head, body, and limbs 

 yellow ; lips and limbs mottled or spotted with dark olive-brown ; 

 lower parts buflf. Iris bronze with a black cross, and a narrow 

 gold rim round the pupil. Male without \ocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 90 millim. 



Southern China, Formosa and Loo Choo Islands to Malay 

 Peninsula. Found in the Larut Hills, Perak, up to 4500 feet 

 altitude, also on the hills of Selangor and Negri Sembilan, but 

 nowhere common. 



Thoroughly aquatic. 



243. Rana laticeps. 



Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 20, pi. i, fig. 1 (1882); id. 

 Faun. Brit. lud., Kept. p. 444 (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, 

 p. 897. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups behind the level of 

 the choanse ; lower jaw with two bony prominences in front, 

 acute and directed backwards in the adult male. Head large, 

 triangular, especially in the male ; snout short, subacuminate, 

 with rounded canthus rostralis ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum scarcely distinct, | the size of the 

 eye. Fingers moderate, blunt, first not extending beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, f to nearly entirely webbed, the tips dilated into 

 very small disks; a tarsal fold; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, blunt, | length of 

 inner toe; no outer tubercle. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching to 

 between eye and end of snout. Upper parts with small elongate 

 warts and rounded tubercles ; a fold above the tympanum. Brown 

 above, indistinctly marbled with darker ; a light, dark-edged 

 cross-band between the upper eyelids and usually a A-shaped dark 

 marking on the back ; limbs more or less distinctlv cross-barred ; 

 throat often spotted with brown. Male without vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 53 millim. 



Bengal, Khasi Hills, and Malacca. Recorded by Hanitsch (Rep. 

 Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1898) from Gnnong Kledang, Ipoh, Perak, 

 2000 feet. Specimens fi-om that locality, collected by Dr. Hanitsch, 

 are preserved in the British Museum. 



