56 RANIDZ, 
the level of the hinder edge of the choane. A free, pointed, 
conical papilla on the middle of the tongue. Head moderate, rather 
Lower surface of foot. 
depressed; snout obtuse, with moderate canthus rostralis ; inter- 
orbital space as broad as, or somewhat narrower than, the upper 
eyelid; tympanum distinct, two thirds the width of the eye. 
Fingers moderate, first extending slightly beyond second ; toes two- 
thirds webbed; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; 
subarticular tubercles well developed; a single, small, oval, inner 
metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches generally beyond the 
tip of the snout. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glan- 
dular folds; a strong glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder ; 
lower surfaces smooth. Light brown above, indistinctly spotted ; 
sometimes a light vertebral stripe; a dark cross band between the 
eyes; a black band along the canthus rostralis and a black temporal 
spot; limbs more or less distinctly cross-barred ; beneath immacu- 
late. Male without vocal sac. 
W. India. 
a, b,c-g. Many spec.: Malabar. Col. Beddome | 
2, hgr., & yg. Cal: 
h-. Her. Travancore. na ae | Types af Paes 
k. Several spec.: g, Sevagherry. Col. Beddome ( ie bed- 
2, & yg. (cea 
l-n. 2. z Anamallays. Col. Beddome 
ceo 
o. Her. Anamallays. os ee Types of Poly 
[O.] yess of 
p. &. Sevagherry. Col. Beddome ee bra- 
q. Several spec. Sevagherry. Col. ineddame [C.]. 
rs. Ye. N. Canara. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
.75. Rana semipalmata. (Puarz IV. fig. 3.) 
Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups just behind 
the level of the hinder edge of the choane. Tongue with a free 
conical papilla in the middle. Head moderate, rather depressed ; 
snout obtuse, with moderate canthus rostralis ; interorbital space 
