2. RANA. 2a 
oe Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 
b. . Sikkim, Messrs. y. Schlagintweit [C.'. 
(Type.) : 
e-d. Q. Lialing, Sikkim, 8500ft. W. 'T. Blanford, Esq [P.]. 
é, f-9. Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. | P. |. 
11. Rana blanfordii. (Puarz I. fig. 2.) 
Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups on a level with the 
hinder edge of the choane. Head moderate; snout short, rounded, 
with rounded canthus rostralis ; interorbital space as broad as the 
upper eyelid; tympanum scarcely half the width of the eye, hidden. 
Fingers moderate, first not extending as far as second ; toes moderate, 
not quite two-thirds webbed ; tips of toes swollen into very small 
disks ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and-toes not much developed ; 
inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, rather indistinct; no outer 
tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 
the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. 
Skin with indistinct flat warts on the sides of the body ; a fold on 
the temporal region. Olive above, with small black spots; a black 
streak between the eyes, and another on the canthus rostralis and 
on the temporal region. Male without vocal sacs. From snout to 
vent 49 millim. 
Arabia ? 
a-b. SQ. Muscat ? W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]: 
12. Rana subsigillata. 
Rana subsigillata, 4. Dum. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 560; id. Arch. 
Mus. x. p. 224, pl. xviii. f. 1. 
Vomerine tecth in two oblique groups between the choane ; lower 
jaw with two slight bony prominences in front. Head moderate ; 
snout rather elongate, rounded, without canthus rostralis ; inter- 
orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum not very 
distinct, two thirds the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 
extending beyond second; toes moderate, two-thirds webbed ; sub- 
articular tubercles of fingers and toes well developed; a single, 
small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. Skin nearly smooth; a 
slight fold from the hinder edge of the eye above the tympanum, 
extending across the chest. Brown above, indistinctly spotted ; 
rather indistinct dark bars across the limbs. Male without vocal 
sacs. - 
W. Africa. 
a Ga: Old Calabar. 
13. Rana grunniens. 
Rana grunniens, Giinth. Cat. p. 10. 
Rana grunniens, Daud. Rain. p. 65, pl. 21; ad. Rept. viii. p. 127; 
Merr. Tent. p. 174; Dum. § Bibr. p. 380. 
