2. RANA, 61 
from beneath the eye to the shoulder, followed by one or two glan- 
dules. Upper part of the head and back bright vinaceous red, some- 
times with a few black specks; sides of head and body and upper 
part of limbs blackish brown, the latter beautifully marbled with 
whitish ; flanks with a series of white spots, sometimes confluent ; a 
white line on the upper lip ; beneath whitish, immaculate or brown- 
spotted, the spots sometimes covering nearly entirely the throat and 
breast. 
Malabar ; Bombay. 
a. Several spec.: 9, hgr., & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. 
b, e-d. Her. Matheran. Dr. Leith [P.]. 
83. Rana galamensis. 
Rana galamensis, Dum. § Bibr. p. 367. 
Habit and proportions of R. malabarica. Series of vomerine 
teeth longer and wider apart; web between the toes shorter; sub- 
articular tubercles less developed ; glandular lateral fold narrower 
and more prominent ; a single metatarsal tubercle. Brown above; 
loreal and temporal regions black ; a white line round the upper 
lip; another white, black-edged line along each side of the body ; 
hinder side of thighs black- and white-marbled; throat and chest 
brownish grey. 
Senegal. 
84. Rana curtipes. 
Rana curtipes, Jerdon, Journ. As, Soc, xxii. p. 532. 
Pachybatrachus robustus, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 
Clinotarsus robustus, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1869, p. 227. 
Hylorana curtipes, Jerdon, Proc. As, Soc, 1870, p. 83. 
557. 
Vomerine teeth scarcely developed, sometimes indistinct, in two 
slightly oblique series on a level with the hinder edge of the choane. 
Head large ; snout short, rounded, with well-marked canthus ros- 
tralis ; interorbital space broader than upper eyelid; tympanum 
distinct, as large as the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending 
beyond second; toes rather short, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of 
fingers and toes swollen ; subarticular twbercles much developed ; 
inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval; a rather large, flat tubercle 
at the base of the fourth toe. The hind limb being carried forwards 
-along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. A 
moderately prominent glandular lateral feld; another behind the 
- tympanum tothe shoulder. Grey or brown aboye, with or without 
blackish dots; lateral fold margined with blackish; a blackish 
oblique spot below the eye ; light brown beneath, the throat some- 
times dark brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
The recently transformed young haye on each side of the back, 
