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244. Rana doriae. 



Bouleng. Aun. Mus. Civ. Geneva (i') v, p. 482, pi. viii, fig-. 1 

 (1887) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 447 (1890) ; id. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Geneva (2) xiii, p. 328 (1893); A. L. Butler, Jouro. Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. Bombay, xv, p. 196 (1904). 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups commencing on a 

 line with the hinder edge of the choanae ; lower jaw with or 

 without bony prominences. Head moderate in females, very 

 large in full-grown males ; snout short, obtuse ; canthus rostralis 

 obtuse ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid, very convex 

 in males; tympanum distinct, f to once diameter of eye. Fingers 

 moderate, first extending a little beyond second ; toes moderate, 

 nearly entirely webbed ; a feeble cutaneous fringe along the outer 

 side of tiie fifth toe ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small 

 disks; subartieular tubercles moderate ; inner metatiirsal tubercle 

 elongate, blunt, |- length of inner toe; no outer tubercle; a 

 feeblrt tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye 

 or the nostril. Skin smooth, or ^\•ith irregular glandules on the 

 back ; a more or less distinct transverse fold connects the 

 posterior borders of the eyes ; a strong fold from eye to shoulder, 

 above tympanum. Brown above, with small irregular darker 

 spots ; sometimes a yellowish vertebral stripe ; a lighter cross- 

 band between the eyes, bordei'ed with darker behind ; lips with 

 vertical dark brown bars ; hind limbs with rather irregular 

 dark cross-bands ; white beneath, uniform or scantily spotted 

 with brown, throat of males spotted or marbled with brown or 

 black. Male without vocal sacs. 



From suout to vent 57 inillini. 



Originally described from Tenasserim, this frog has been 

 rediscovered in Burma and lin the Larut Hills, Perak, by 

 Mr. L. Wrav, and on the top of Bukit Timah, Singapore, by 

 Mr. A. L. Butler. 



245. Rana plicatella. 



Stoliczka, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xlii, p. 116, pi. xi, fig. 1 

 (1873); Boulsng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 20 (1882); S. Flower, 

 P. Z. S. 1899, p. 890; Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 885; 

 A. L. -Butler, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, xv, p. 196 

 (1903). 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series converging behind, 

 originating on a line with the hinder edge of the choanae. Lower 

 jaw with two fang-like bony prominences in front. Head large ; 

 snout bluntly pointed ; canthus rostralis rounded ; occiput swollen 

 at the sides, interorbital region broader than the upper eyelid, 

 convex and followed by a knob-like prominence; tympanum distinct, 

 as large as or a little larger than the eye. Fingers moderate, first 



