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Back and sides smooth or with some rounded warts or 

 longitudinal ridges; dorsolateral fold, if present, beginning 

 behind the upper eyelid, not extending beyond the scapular 

 region; a curved fold above the tympanum; smooth below, 

 or posterior part of vent and lower surface of thighs feebly 

 granulate. 



Brown or olive above, marbled or spotted with black ; a broad, 

 black cross-bar, sometimes light-bordered in front, between 

 the eyes; a broad, light vertebral line or two broad dorso- 

 lateral stripes may be present; lips with dark vertical bars; 

 limbs with numerous, narrow, black cross-bands ; posterior sur- 

 face of thighs dark marbled ; white beneath, throat and breast 

 often powdered or marbled with blackish. From snout to 

 vent 56 mm. 



Omosternum with forked base. 



Male without vocal sacs. 



Habitat: Mentawei islands (Sipora); Sumatra (Palem- 

 bang!); Borneo (Sandakan; Semberrah!); Java (Tjibodas!; 

 Tengger mts., 1200 m.); Flores; Celebes (Loka!; above Kolaka, 

 500 m.; Rumbi-Mengkoka; Luwu ; Takalekadjo mts., towards 

 Lake Poso, 900 m.; Koro valley, 500 — 700 m. ; Bone mts.; 

 Bulawa mts., ± 1200 m. ; Tomohon). — Sulu islands; Philippines. 



9. Rana hascheana (Stol.). 



Polypedates Hascheanns Stoliczka, Jrn. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXXIX, 1870, p. 147, 



pi IX, fig. 3. 

 Rana hascheana Boulenger, Vert. Fauna Malay Penins., Rept. and Batr., London, 



1912, p. 232. 

 Rana hascheana Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 54. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups just behind the 

 level of the choanae; lower jaw without bony prominences. 

 Head as long as broad or a little broader than long; snout 

 rounded, scarcely projecting, as long as the eye; canthus rostralis 

 obtuse; loreal region oblique, slightly concave; nostril equi- 

 distant from eye and tip of snout; interorbital space as broad 

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

 of the eye. Tips of fingers scarcely dilated, toes with small, 

 but very distinct disks; first and second finger equal or first 

 slightly the longer; toes ] / 3 to '/ 2 webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 moderate; inner metatarsal tubercle feebly prominent, 2 / 3 to 

 3 / 5 length of inner toe ; no outer one ; a feeble tarsal fold ; the 



