2; RANA. 31 
hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal 
tubercle reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin smooth. Greyish 
brown above, dark-marbled ; sides of head dark, with a vertical light 
spot between eye and nostril; legs cross-barred. 
8. Africa; Madagascar. 
ao. Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
be 2. Madagascar. 
24, Rana cordofana. 
Pyxicephalus cordofanus, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 8. 
Tongue less emarginate. Lower jaw with tooth-like prominences 
in front. Head moderate; snout rather long; tympanum rather 
indistinct. Toes incompletely webbed, fourth nearly twice as long 
as third; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-like, very large; a small 
tubercle opposite to it. Grey above, brown-marbled. 
Cordofan. 
25. Rana delalandii. 
- Tomopterna delalandii, Giinth. Cat. p. 7. 
Tomopterna marmorata, Giinth. 7. ¢. 
Pyxicephalus delalandii, (Libr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 84; Dum. § Bibr. 
p. 445, pl. 87. fig. 1; Smith, Ill. 8S. Afr., Rept., App. p. 23; Stein- 
dachn. Novara, Amph. p. 8. 
marmoratus, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg. 1855, p. 56. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 
the hinder edge of the choanz. Habit stout. Head short; snout 
rounded ; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tym- 
panum distinct, half the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 
extending a little beyond second ; toes moderate, half webbed ; sub- 
articular tubercles of fingers and toes moderate; inner metatarsal 
tubercle shovel-like, two thirds the length of the second toe; an 
indistinct outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 
forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches a little 
beyond the eye. Skin of the upper surfaces with smooth rounded 
warts. Olive or brown above, often with one or three light dorsal 
lines; throat of the males brown. Male with an internal subgular 
vocal sac. 
S. and E. Africa. 
pia S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
b. Young. S. Africa. 
ch. 6,2,&yg. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A, Smith [P.]. 
Pe ounge Near Antolo. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
