242 EAXIDiE. 



Mr. Butler says it is never found away from water. Known 

 .together with Rliacophorus leucomystax vi^sKatalcpisang, "Banana- 

 leaf frog," from the colour of its back. 



257. Rana nigrovittata. 



Limnudytes nigrovittatus, ]'lvtli, Journ. Asint. See. Bengal, xxiv, 



p. 718 (1855). 

 Mana nif/rovittata, Boulen"'. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoya (2) xiii,^ 



p. 334,' pi. viii, iig. 3 (1893) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 896 ; 



Robinson, .Tourn. Fed. Malay States Mus. i, 1905, p. 20. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups on a level with or just 

 behind the posterior borders of the choana?. Head as lonw as 

 broad or a little broader than long ; snout rounded, shorter than 

 the orbit ; canthus rostralis strong ; loreal region nearly vertical, 

 slightly conca-\e ; nostril nearer end of snout than eye ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 distinct, | to 4 the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 

 extending beyond second ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes dilated into small but well-developed disks ; sub- 

 articular tubercles strong; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval ; 

 a small but very jirominent, round tubercle at the base of the 

 fourth toe. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

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

 or less distinctly granulate on the head and back ; a broad but 

 feebly prominent glandular dorso-lateral fold. Bro^^■n above, 

 uniform or \^ith a few small darker spots ; a blackish stripe on 

 each side, from the tip of the snout to the groin, passing through 

 the eye, involving the tympanum, and bordering the dorso-lateral 

 fold ; a white streak from below the eye to the shoulder ; limbs 

 with dark cross-bars ; hinder side of thighs spotted or marbled 

 with black ; lower parts whitish, throat and breast more or less 

 obscured Avith brown mottlings. Male with internal vocal sacs 

 and a large flat gland on the inner side of the arm. 



From snout to vent 60 millim. 



Tonkin, Burma, Siam. Young specimens, which I have referred 

 to this species, have been found by Mr. Eobinson in muddy pools 

 at the foot of the hills in which the Batu Caves, Selangor, are 

 situated. 



258. Eana labialis. 



Bouleno'. Ann. & Matr. i*^at. Hist, (o) xix, p. 345, pi. x, fio-. 1 

 (1887) ; id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (4) xiv, p. 617 (1894) ; 

 S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 903, pi. xlv, tip-. 3: Pevaoca, Rev. 

 Suisse Zool. vii, p. 329 (1899) ; Laidlaw, P.Z. S. 1900, p. 886 ; 

 A. L. Butler, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, xv, p. 199 (1903). 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the posterior 

 borders of the choanse. Head longer than broad; snout acumi- 

 nate, as long as or longer than the orbit ; canthus rostralis strong ; 



