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longitudinal folds ; a glandular lateral fold ; lower surfaces smooth. 
Brown above, with rather large blackish spots; a triangular or 
chevron-shaped blackish marking between the eyes; generally a 
light spot on the tip of the snout; sometimes a light vertebral 
stripe; hind limbs regularly cross-barred, broader bars generally 
alternating with narrower ones; lower surfaces, and sometimes 
also sides of the body, dirty white; gular and thoracic regions 
mottled with brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs. From 
snout to vent 34 millim. 
’ Madagascar. 
a. Several spec. : East Betsileo, Rey. Deans Cowan [C. | 
3,2,& her. 
b-f. 3,2,& her. Ankafana, Betsileo. Rey. Deans Cowan [C.]. 
qo East Betsileo. Rey. Deans Cowan [C. |. 
736. Rana curta. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 
choane. Head moderate; snout rounded ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; 
loreal region slightly concave; interorbital space as broad as the 
upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half or three fifths the diameter 
of the eye. Fingers and toes moderate, the tips dilated into very 
small disks; first and second fingers equal; toes three fourths 
webbed; subarticular tubercles rather small; a small inner meta- 
tarsal tubercle; no outer tubercle. If the hind limb is carried 
forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 
eye. Back with very indistinct flat warts; lower surfaces smooth. 
Olive-brown above, with rather indistinct darker spots ; a dark tri- 
angular spot between the eyes; a dark temporal spot ; hind limbs 
with dark cross bars ; beneath dirty white, uniform or clouded with 
brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs. From snout to vent 
39 millim. 
Madagascar. 
-a-e. §,2, her, & yg. Hast Betsileo. Rev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 
j= gee Ankafana, Betsileo, | Rey. Deans Cowan |C. ]. 
Maio. Page 56. Rana beddomii. 
t-u. 2 & her. Malabar. * Col. Beddome [C. ]. 
The adult female is larger than any specimen yet received, 
measuring 67 millim. from snout to vent; it is beautiful uniform 
pink above, the markings on the back and limbs being absent. The 
half-grown specimen is purplish pink, with the ordinary dark 
markings. 
o oe = : i 
Add :— Page 58, Rana diplosticta 
a. Anamallays. Col. Beddcme [C.]. 
