RANA. 237 



obtuse cauthus rostralis and concave loreal region ; nostril nearer 

 end o£ snout than eye ; iiiterorbital space as broad as or slightly- 

 narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, f to | 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers rather elongate, first extending 

 much beyond second ; toes moderate, ^ to f webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes merely swollen, or dilated into very small disks ; 

 subarticular tubercles very prominent ; a small oval inner meta- 

 tax'sal tubercle, and a smaller rounded one at the base o£ the 

 fourth toe. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye, or between 

 the eye and the tip of the snout. Back more or less distinctly 

 granulate, with large flat glandules, at least on the sides. Olive- 

 brown or reddish brown, spotted and speckled with blackish ; lips 

 dark, with large whitish spots or bars ; limbs with dark cross-bars ; 

 lower parts whitish or buff, uniform or spotted with brown. 

 According to Butler, the eye is of a conspicuous fiery red. Male 

 with a vocal sac on each side of the throat, forming folds, and a 

 large oval gland on the inner surface of the arm. 



From snout to vent 9o millim. 



Malay Peninsula (Pahang, Selangor, Malacca, Singapore), 

 Borneo, Palawan. This is one of the creatures found in the Batu 

 Caves in total darkness. 



251. Rana signata. 



PoJypedates siynatvs, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 600, pi. xl, fig. C. 

 Runa siqnata, Bouleug. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 71 (1882) ; Werner, 



Zool.'Jahrb., Syst. xiii, p. 493 (1900); Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1900, 



p. 886. 

 Rana ohsoleta, Mocquard, N. Arch. Mus. (3) ii, p. 147 (1890). 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups between the choanae. 

 Head moderate ; snout subacumiuate, as long as or a little 

 shorter than the orbit, with distinct canthiis rostralis and concave 

 loreal region ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, f to | the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

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

 I webbed ; tips of fingers and toes swollen ; subarticular tubercles 

 \\ell developed ; a small oval inner metatarsal tubercle and a small 

 rounded one at the base of the fourth toe. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout or not quite so far. Skin 

 of upper parts smooth or granular. Dark olive to blackish above, 

 or olive largely spotted or marbled with black ; a yellow or white 

 line from the tip of the snout along the canthus rostralis and the 

 border of the upper eyelid, continued along each side of the back ; 

 hind limbs with black and light cross-bars, or orange spotted or 

 barred with black. Male with iuterual vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 60 millim. 



First described from Borneo, this frog has since been found in 

 Sumatra and at the foot of Gunong Inas, between Kedah and 

 Perak. 



