18 RANIDE:. 
Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series extending a little 
beyond the hinder edge of the choane. Head moderate; snout 
scarcely pointed; canthus rostralis indistinct; interorbital space 
much narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two 
thirds the size of the eye. Fingers slender, pointed, first not ex- 
tending beyond second; toes webbed to the tips, which are pointed, 
fourth not much longer than third and fifth; subarticular tubercles 
of fingers and toes small; inner metatarsal tubercle small, conical, 
much likea rudimentary toe. The hind limb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches generally a little 
beyond the eye. Skin with small tubercles and warts above ; be- 
sides, more or less distinct rows of pores. Brown or olive above, 
dark spotted or marbled ; two blackish streaks on the hinder side of 
the thighs, seldom absent; beneath often speckled with blackish. 
Male with vocal vesicles as in Jt. hewadactyla. Small species. 
S.E. Asia. 
a-e. dQ. Pishiu, Baluchistan. W.T. Blanford, Esq. [ P.]. 
f. Several spec., 2 Cashmere. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. | P. ]. 
& ye. 
g-h, i,k. 32. Himalayas. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit {C.]. 
(Types of Dicroglossus adolfi. ) 
eae Nilgherries. F. Day, Esq. [P.]. 
m-n. Her. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P. ]. 
o-p, q-r. Q. Godaveri Valley. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [ P.]. 
& OC. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.}. 
t-w. 9. Ceylon. Ind. Mus. (Kelzart). 
x2, a-B, y, 6, e-t, Ceylon. 
k-p. Many spec. : 
3, 2, yg, & 
larvee. 
v-&. Pinang. Typical specimens of Cantor’s 
R. hexadactyla. 
3. Rana ehrenbergii. 
Rana cutipora, Martens, Nomencl. Mus. Berol. p. 38. 
ehrenbergii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 79. 
Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series commencing close to 
the inner edge of the choanz ; lower jaw with two bony prominences 
in front. Habit stout. Tympanum distinct, half the size of the 
eye. Fingers pointed; toes very broadly webbed; a single, inner, 
metatarsal tubercle. Above with small, rather indistinct, flat warts ; 
upper eyelid with cross folds behind; a more or less distinct fold 
behind the eyes. Male with vocal vesicles as in 2. hevadactyla. 
Arabia. 
