22 RANID A, 
Rana liebigii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 157, pl. 28. f. A; zd. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 407; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 198; 
Theobald, Proc, As. Soc, 1873, p. 111; Giinth. Proe. Zool. Soc. 
1875, p. 567. ; 
sikkimensis, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 83; Stoliczka, 
Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 131. 
gammii, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. 1871, p. 21. 
? vicina, /Stoliczka, luc. ctt. 
gigas, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. nat. Fr. Berl. 1881, p. 87. 
Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups extending a little 
beyond the hinder edge of the choane. Head moderate, much 
depressed ; snout very short, rounded ; canthus rostralis indistinct ; 
interorbital space nearly as broad as the upper eyelid; tympa- 
num rather small, hidden. Fingers moderate, first not extending 
beyond second; toes moderate, truncate, entirely webbed ; subar- 
ticular tubercles of fingers and toes not much developed; inner 
metatarsal tubercle oval, little prominent ; no outer tubercle. The 
hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 
articulation reaches the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin smooth 
above, seldom warty ; a strong fold of the skin above the tympanum, 
and another, sometimes indistinct, uniting the hinder edges of the 
upper eyelids; a narrow glandular fold on each side of the back. 
Brown above; a black line on the canthus rostralis and on the 
temporal region; lateral folds black-margined; legs indistinctly 
barred across. Male with two internal vocal sacs. 
The breeding male is remarkable by the extreme thickness of its 
fore arms, the inner sides of which are studded with small conical 
black spines, each supported on a rounded base produced by a 
swelling of the skin. A large patch of similar spines exists on each 
side of the breast ; the whole inner side of the inner metacarpal 
tubercle and of the first and second digits, and the base of the 
third digit also, bear similar spines, but they are closer together. 
Himalayas. 
Breeding male. 
