64 RANID #. 
bital space as broad as, or rather broader than, the upper eyelid; 
tympanum very distinct, three fourths the size of the eye. Fingers 
moderate, first extending slightly beyond second; toes moderate, 
nearly entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into rather 
large disks ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; inner metatarsal 
tubercle small, oval; a small outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches the tip of the snout, or a little beyond. A narrow 
glandular lateral fold. Brown above; loreal and temporal regions, 
and sometimes also the sides of the body, dark brown; limbs 
distinctly cross-barred ; throat and breast more or less speckled with 
brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs and an oval flat gland 
on the inner side of the arm. 
Ceylon ; 8. India. 
a-c, d-f, g-h. 3, 2, her, Ceylon. (Types). 
& yg. 
wm. Ye. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 
(Pe 
n. Ye. Malabar. Col. Beddome [ P.]. 
o. Manyspec.: ¢,2,hgr., | Anamallays. Col. Beddome [P. |. 
& yg. 
87. Rana papua. 
Rana papua, Lesson, Coquille, ii. i. p. 59, pl. 7. f. 1. 
Limnodytes waigiensis, Dum. § Bibr. p. 514. 
Hylorana demeli, Steind. Sitzb. Ac. Wren, 1868, p. 532, ¢. tab. 
Limnodytes papuensis, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 52; Doria, 
Ann. Mus, Civ. Gen. vi. 1874, p. 356. 
Hylarananebulosa, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. 1877, ii. p. 135. 
Limnodytes papua, Peters § Doria, Ann, Mus. Civ. Gen. xiii. 1878, 
p. 418. 
Very closely allied to Rana temporalis. Snout rather longer and 
more pointed ; interorbital space rather narrower. Legs variable in 
length. Greyish above; an indistinct temporal spot ; tympanum 
generally reddish brown; hinder side of thighs black- and white- 
marbled. Male with two internal vocal sacs, without humeral 
glands. 
N. Australia ; New Guinea. 
a-b. 2. Cape York. Herr Dimel [C.]. 
Cees Cape York. 
TPM Port Moresby. Rev. W. T. Turner [C.]. 
e-f. d. New Guinea. 
go Murray Island. Rey. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 
88. Rana krefftii. (Prare IIL. fig. 2.) 
Hylarana erythrea, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 73. 
Vomerine teeth in two oval oblique groups between the choane. 
