9. RANA. 53 
Rana porosissima, Ste’ndachn. Novara, Amph. p. 18, pl. 1. f. 9. 
subpuactata, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lash, 1868, 1. p. 73. 
abyssinica, Peters, Svtzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1881, p. 163. 
v 
Vomerine teeth in two short oblique series commencing from the 
inner front edge of the choane. Head moderate; snout pointed, 
variable in length ; interorbital space as broad as, or rather narrower 
than, the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two thirds the width of 
the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; toes 
slender, two-thirds webbed ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes 
moderate ; a very small inner metatarsal tubercle; no outer one. 
Hind limb very variable in length; carried forwards along the body, 
the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches either the eye, or beyond the 
snout, or between these two points. Six or eight glandular folds 
along theback, the outer generally more prominent; astrong glandular 
fold from beneath the eye to the arm. Brown or olive above, darker 
spotted ; sometimes a light dorsal stripe ; limbs dark-banded ; hinder 
side of thighs black, white-marbled ; beneath immaculate. Male 
with two black external vocal vesicles opening by two slits below 
the lower jaw. 
Africa, 
ae. So. Barbary. A. Newton, Esq. [P.]. 
d. aes spec., Gambia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
or 
ef. SQ. Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 
a 2. Gaboon. 
h. S. Sierra Leone. (Type of R. superciiarts.) 
i-k. So. Braganca, Angola. Prof, B. du Bocage [P.]. 
1, Her. Abyssinia. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
m-0. dQ. Sooroo Pass, Abyssinia. |W. Jesse, Esq. [C.]. 
p-q. 2. & her. Sooroo Pass, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P dis 
ru. Her., $, & Ain Samhar. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
Ye: Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk Re 
w-2. 3. Seychelles. Dr. P. Wright | P.]. 
Gad. Mauritius. Charles Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 
z-a. Yg. Madagascar. 
70. Rana grayl. 
Rana grayi, Giinth. Cat. p. 18. 
Rana grayi, Smith, Ill. S. Afr., Rept. pl. 78. faze 
Strongylopus grayi, Stend. Novara, Amph. p. 21. 
Vomerine teeth in two long, scarcely oblique series, transversely 
on a level with the front edge of the choane. Head moderate ; 
snout rather short, rounded ; interorbital space narrower than the 
upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the size of the eye. Fingers 
rather slender, first extending slightly beyond second ; toes slender, 
webbed at the base; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes mode- 
rate; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, very prominent ; no outer 
