232 eanidte. 



slightly longer than second, the tips dilated into small but 

 distinct disks ; toes f to | nebbed, the tips dilated like the fingers ; 

 subarticular tubercles ^^-ell developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 elongate, prominent ; no outer tubercle ; a very slight tarsal fold. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of. the snout or 

 between the eye and the end of the snout. Skin of back with 8 

 or 10 longitudinal folds, sometimes \\ith numerous small tubercles 

 between them ; a strong fold above the tympanum ; upper eyelid 

 tubercular. Bronze above, changing from bright yellowish red to 

 dull brown shades, with or without a yellow vertebral line ; some 

 of the folds edged with black ; a black chevron, pointing back- 

 \^ards, bet\veen the eyes ; limbs "\\ith dark brown cross-bars : 

 belly bright sulphur-yellow. Iris bronze, with a black cross, and 

 a very narrow red ring round the pupil. Male without vocal 

 sacs. 



From snout to vent 40 millim. 



Penang, Gunong Tnas, between Ivedah and Perak, up to 4000 

 feet above sea-level, and Bukit Timah, Singapore. 



246. Rana hascheana. 



Polypedaten haschmnns, Stoliczka, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xxxix^ 



p. 147, pi. ix, fig-. 3 (1870). 

 Rana hascheana, W. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 344 ; S. Flower, 



P.Z.S. 1899, p. 894; Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 885; A. ,L. 



Butler, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, xv, p. 197 (1903). 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups commencing on a 

 line \vith the hinder edge of the choanse. Head moderate ; snout 

 short, obtuse ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; interorbital space as broad 

 as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about '^ the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers rather short, first and second equal or first 

 slightly the longer, the tips scarcely dilated ; toes moderate, 5 to 

 I webbed, the tips dilated into small but very distinct disks ; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 elongate, blunt, | to | length of inner toe ; no outer metatarsal 

 tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout, or between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin smooth 

 or with small flat warts or feeble corrugations ; a strong fold from 

 eye to shoulder, above tympanum. Eich yelloA\" to orange brown 

 above, in life, with dark brown spots ; a dark bro^^■n cross-band 

 between the eyes, edged with, paler yellow in front, followed by a 

 faint W-shaped mark, the ends of Mhich begin behind the eyes ; 

 sides of body finely spotted with very dark broMU and white ; 

 limbs ^\•ith dark bro\\n cross-bands ; lower parts ^\■hite, ^\ith pale 

 purple and golden shades, and an interrupted line of dark bro\\ii 

 spots across the throat. 



From snout to vent 38 millim. 



Common in the higher forests of Penang ; also found in the 

 Larut Hills, Perak, from 2000 to 3000 feet elevation, and on 



