173 



Rana grunniens Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 23. 



Rana macrodon (non Kuhl) v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 19 13, p. 45^- 



Rana grunniens Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 240. 



Rana grunniens Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 39. 



Vomerine teeth in two long oblique series extending much 

 behind the level of the choanae; lower jaw without or with 

 two more or less developed bony processes in front. Head 

 nearly as long as broad, occiput more or less swollen on the 

 sides; snout rather pointed, feebly projecting, as long as or 

 hardly longer than the upper eyelid and longer than deep; 

 canthus rostralis angular, straight; loreal region oblique, concave; 

 nostril a little nearer to tip of snout than to eye ; interorbital 

 space as broad as or a little broader or narrower than the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum rather distinct, '/ 3 to 2 / 3 the diameter 

 of the eye. Tips of fingers obtuse or slightly swollen, of toes 

 with small disks; first finger extending beyond second, which 

 is a little shorter than fourth; third toe longer than fifth; 

 toes entirely webbed; subarticular tubercles well developed; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle oblong, about '/ 2 to 3 / 3 the length 

 of first toe (measured from the tubercle); no outer metatarsal 

 tubercle; a well-developed dermal fringe along outer side of 

 5th toe; a tarsal fold; the heel reaches the eye; tibia less than 

 half the length of head and body; when the hind limbs are 

 folded at right angles to the body, the heels do not overlap. 



Skin of upper surface smooth or with small tubercles, inter- 

 mixed with larger ones, especially on the posterior part of 

 the back and on the hind limbs; upper eyelid tubercular; a 

 fold above the tympanum, and some short longitudinal folds 

 along the sides of the back ; smooth beneath. 



Brownish or greyish above ; sometimes a rufous spot on the 

 loin; limbs with or without dark cross-bars; thighs marbled 

 with dark brown ; white below, the throat sometimes spotted 

 or marbled with brown. From snout to vent 146 mm. 



Male without vocal sacs. 



Omosternum with forked base. Terminal phalanges with 

 feebly expanded tip. 



Distinguished from R. macrodon by the shorter hind limbs. 



Habitat: Celebes (Lojnang Pinapuan, in eastern Celebes !) ; 

 Ambon !; Nusa Laut! '); New Guinea (Lorentz riv. !; Mimika riv.). 



1) Mentioned as R. t7iodesta by me in Weber's Zool. Ergebn., Leiden, IV, 

 1907, p. 386. 



