2, BANA. oo 
tympanum ; thighs black above, white-marbled ; beneath yellowish, 
indistinctly brown-spotted on the throat. From snout to vent 
54 millim. 
W. India. 
a, Q. Mangalore, W. coast of India. G. E. Dobson, Esq. [P.]. 
28. Rana ornata. 
Pyxicephalus ornatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1878, pl. 2. f. 7. 
Vomerine teeth in two small groups between the choane. Habit 
stout. Head moderate; tympanum not much smaller than the 
eye, very distinct. Fingers very short, first a little shorter than 
second; toes very short, half webbed; metatarsal shovel obtuse. 
Hind limb not much longer than head and body. Upper parts 
smooth. Olive-green above, with three broad olive-brown bands 
along the back ; limbs transversely barred. 
Taita, E. Africa. 
29. Rana adspersa. 
Tomopterna adspersa, Giinth. Cat. p. 7. 
Pyxicephalus adspersus, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 84; Dum. § Bibr. 
p. 444; Smith, Ill. S. Afr., Rept. pl. 49; Steindachn. Novara, 
Amph. p. 7. 
— edulis, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg. 1855, p. 56. 
Lower surface of foot. 
Vomerine teeth in two scarcely oblique groups between the 
choane ; lower jaw with two large bony prominences in front. 
Habit very stout. Head large, generally bony, rough on the sides 
and above; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tym- 
panum very distinct, two thirds or three fourths the size of the 
eye. Fingers short, first not extending beyond second; toes short, 
half webbed; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-like, as long as 
the second toe ; no other metatarsal tubercle ; subarticular tubercles 
moderate. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 
the metatarsal tubercle reaches the eye. Skin warty above, with 
longitudinal glandular folds on the back. Olive or brown above, 
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