12 KBPTILES. 



back ; fingers and toes blunt at the tips, with large subarticular tu- 

 bercles ; toes shortly webbed, the fourth half as long as the third 

 and fifth ; metatarsus with two, metacarpus with three tubercles ; 

 vomerine teeth in two obHque series, convergent behind. Above, 

 between the folds, reddish brown, sides of head and body black, 

 white-spotted behind ; upper lij) white-edged. Malabar. 



a. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 h. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



c. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



d, e. Adult and half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Col- 



lection. 

 /. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 g. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 h. Adult. India. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



10. Rana esculenta. 



Oesner, Hist. Anim. xi. p. 41 ; Rondelet, Aquat. Hist. Lib. cle Palustr. 

 p. 217 ; Schwenchfeld, Tlieriotroph. Siles. p. 157 ; Aldrov. Quadr, 

 Digit. Ovip. p. 591 ; JRai/, St/nops. Meth. p. 247 ; Klein, Quadr. 

 Dispos. p. 117; Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 53. t. 13-16. 



Rana viridis, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 94 ; Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 103. pi. 31 ; 

 Diim. 8f Bibr. p. 343. 



esculenta, Linn. St/st. Nat. i. p. 357 ; Laur. Syn. p. 31 ; Miiller, 



Zool. Dan. Prodr. p. 35 ; Daubent. Diet. Anim. p. 050 ; Bonnat. 

 Ijrpetol. p. 3 ; Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. i. p. 505 ; Meyer, Synops. Rept 

 p. 12 ; Sturm, Deutschl. Fauna, iii. Ileft 1 ; Donndorf, Zool. Beitr. 

 iii. p. 55 ; Latr. Salam. p. 38, and Rept. ii. p. 148 ; Daiid. Rain 

 p. 46. pi. 15. f. 1, and Rept. viii. p. 90 ; Descript. de VEg. Suppl 

 pi. 2. f. 11, 12 ; Cuv. Regne Animal ; Merr. Tent. p. 176 ; Griffith 

 Anim. Kingd. ix. p. 392 ; Eichiv. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 166 ; Wagl. Sysf. 

 p. 203 ; Bonap. Faun. Ltal. ; Holandre, Faune de la Moselle, p. 220 

 Schinz, Faun. Helvet. p. 143 ; Schleg. Faun. Japon. vii. t. 3. f. 1 

 Tschudi, Batr. p. 79. 



ridibunda, Pallas, Lter. 



cacliinnans, (Pall.) Eichio. Faun. Casino- Caucus, p. 126. pi. 30. 



palmipes, Spix, Test. t. 5. f. ] . 



maritiiua, Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. Mer. iii. p. 92 ; Bonap. I. c. 



alpiua, Risso, I. c. p. 93 ; Bonap. I. c. 



calcarata, Michahelles, Isis, 1830, p. 160 ; Tschudi, p. 80. 



tigrina, Eichw. Faun. Caspio- Caucus, p. 125. 



hispanica, Bonap. I. c. 



Body with a glandular fold on each side ; toes not quite webbed 

 to the end ; metatarsus with two tubercles ; vomerine teeth in two 

 small groups between the inner nostrils. Male with an external 

 vocal sac on each side, behind the angle of mouth ; openings of the 

 vocal sacs moderate. 



A. African specimens. 



a, h. Adult. Tunis. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



c. Young. North Africa. From Mr. Fraser's Collection. 



