62 RANIDZ, 
behind the tympanum, a very distinct parotoid gland, as in Rana 
alticola. This gland generally disappears with age, though I see it 
quite distinct in a nearly adult female. 
Canara; Malabar. 
a 9, North Canara. Col. Beddome [P.]. 
b. Many spec.: 3, Malabar. Col. Beddome [P. }. 
9, & yg. 
c-d. &. aE Col. Beddome [C.], T. C. 
Jerdon, Esq. [P.}. (As 
typical of Rana cur- 
tipes.) 
? Prof. St. George Mivart 
Chae 
[P.]. (Type of Pachy- 
batrachus robustus.) 
85. Rana alticola. 
Hylorana pipiens, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 83; Stoliczka, Proc. 
As. Soc. 1872, p..106. 
P Hylorana nicobariensis, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc, 1870, p. 150, 
pl. 9.72. 
Vomerine teeth not much developed, in two oblique series between 
the choane. Head moderate, depressed; snout rather long, more 
or less acuminate, with well-marked canthus rostralis ; interorbital 
space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two thirds 
the size of the eye. Fingers rather slender, first not extending 
beyond second; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed; tips of 
fingers and toes swollen into very distinct disks; subarticular 
tubercles well developed, inner metatarsal tubercle very small, 
scarcely prominent; a rather indistinct outer tubercle. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches a little beyond the tip of the snout. A slightly 
prominent, narrow glandular lateral fold; another fold from behind 
the tympanum to the shoulder. Light brown above, scarcely or not 
spotted; sides of the head and back darker; glandular folds whitish, 
black-margined ; limbs more or less distinctly cross-barred ; whitish 
beneath, the throat and breast sometimes nearly entirely covered 
with brown spots leaving a median line immaculate. 
The tadpole of this species is most remarkable, being provided on 
each side of the front of the back with a large oval parotoid, well 
defined, and crowded with pores. <A similar, but elongate, glandular 
patch is seen above the root of the tail: The head and body are rather 
elongate, and pass gradually into the tail, which is very thick at the 
base and ends in an acute point; the length of the tail is about 
twice that of head and body. The spiraculum is lateral, just below 
the middle of the left parotoid. The colour is uniform brown, 
lighter beneath, with a dark, light-edged ocellus on each side of the 
tail near its base. Recently transformed young are still provided 
with very distinct parotoids and the parotoid-like patch on the hind 
part of the back; they have not yet a glandular lateral fold. 
Khasi Hills; Sikkim ; Moulmein. 
