32 RANIDZ. 
26. Rana breviceps. 
Spherotheca strigata, Giinth. Cat. p. 20, pl. i. f. A. 
Tomopterna delalandii, Giinth. d.c. p. 129. 
Rana breviceps, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i. p. 142; Peters, Mon. Berl. 
Ac. 1863, p. 76. 
Pyxicephalus fodiens, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc, 1854, p. 534. 
pluvialis, Jerdon, 1. e. 
Tomopterma strigata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 165. 
Pyxicephalus breviceps, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 411; Theobald, 
Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 80; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, 
p. 200. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups, extending a little beyond 
the hinder edge of the choane. Habit stout. Head short; snout 
rounded; occiput swollen; interorbital space narrower than the 
upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half the size of the eye. Fingers 
moderate, first extending much beyond second, nearly as long as 
third; toes moderate, half webbed; subarticular tubercles of fingers 
and toes moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-shaped, nearly 
as long as second toe; no other metatarsal tubercle. The hind hmb 
being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle 
reaches the eye, or somewhat beyond. Skin of upper parts smooth, 
with some scattered tubercles. Light brown or olive above, darker 
marbled ; often a light vertebral stripe, and sometimes another on the 
upperside of each flank; throat of the males blackish, that of the 
females generally brown-spotted. Male with two much-developed 
internal subgular vocal sacs. 
India. 
a Female. Himalayas. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit [C. ]. 
b. Several spec.: ¢, Q, Madras. T. C, Jerdon, Esq.) Types of 
& yg. Pals Sphero- 
c. d (skeleton). Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq.( theca 
[weal strigata. 
d-g. Young. Malabar. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [ P.]. 
h-t. Female. Malabar. Col. Beddome [ P. }. 
k. Several spec., d 2. Ceylon. 
27. Rana dobsonii. (Pxrare IIT. fig. i.) 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanee, Habit 
stout. Head large; interorbital space narrower than the upper 
eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the size of the eye. 
Fingers moderate, first much longer than second, as long as 
third; toes webbed at the base, moderate; subarticular tubercles 
of fingers and toes moderate; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel- 
like, two thirds the length of second toe; no outer metatarsal 
tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 
the metatarsal tubercle reaches a little beyond the eye. Skin 
smooth above, granulate on the belly. Grey above, indistinctly 
marbled with brown ; a deep black vitta along the canthus rostralis 
through the eye to the shoulder, expanding in a round spot on the 
