i 7 8 



Mouth ventral; lower lip and sides of upper one with pa- 

 pillae, which are small in number; jaws narrowly black-edged; 

 series of teeth I ' 1 / I ,_ 2 I. 



Upper surface, muscular part of tail and sometimes part of 

 the crests brown ; other parts white. Length 38 mm. 



Closely related to R. grunniens, from which it is distinguished 

 by the generally shorter series of vomerine teeth and the 

 presence of vocal sacs in the male. 



Boulenger (1920) distinguishes 3 species, but the differences 

 are slight: 



First finger much longer than second. Tympanum ^4 to 2 / 5 

 diameter of eye. Heels not overlapping. Disks of toes rather 

 large: R. magna Stejn. (Celebes; Philippines). 



First finger much longer than second. Tympanum 2 / 5 to 3 /s 

 diameter of eye. Heels overlapping. Disks of toes very small: 

 R. modesta Blgr. (Saleyer ; Celebes ; Talaut islands ; Nusa Laut). 



First finger as long as or a little shorter than second. 

 Tympanum 1 / 3 diameter of eye : R. microtympamun v. Kamp. 

 (Celebes) (based on young specimens). 



Habitat: Lombok ( + 680 m.); Flores ! ; Saleyer!; Celebes 

 (Loka ! ; Bontorio ; Bwool; Matinan mts. ; Pinapuan ! ; Kwandang!; 

 Gorontalo; Gurupahi!; Tomohon ; Menado!); Talaut islands!; 

 Halmahera!; Batjan; Buru, up to 1200 m.!; Ceram !; Ambon ! ; 

 Uliaser!). — Philippines. 



7. Rana kuhli Schlg. 



Rana Kuhlii (Schlegel), Dumeril et Bibron, Erpet. gen., Paris, VIII, 1841, 



p. 384; IX, 1854, fp. 394. 

 Rana conspicillata Giinther, Froc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, p. 597, pi. XL, fig. A. 

 Rana kuhlii part., Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 20. 

 Rana paradoxa Mocquard, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. nat., (3) II, 1890, p. 148, 



pi. X, figs. 3— y. 

 Rana Kuhlii Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) VII, 1891, p. 344. 

 Rana Kuhli Mocquard, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, V, 1892, p. 198. 

 Rana Kuhlii Boulenger, Vert. Fauna Malay Penins., Kept, and Batr., London, 



1912, p. 229. 

 Rana kuhlii Smith, Jrn. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, II, 1917, p. 262, figs. I — I b (tadpole). 

 Rana kuhlii Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 62. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series just behind the level 

 of the choanae ; lower jaw with two tooth-like processes, feebly 

 developed in the female, large, obtuse and fitting into deep 

 pits of the upper jaw in the adult male. Head broader than long, 



