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the space between the two series greater than the length of 

 one of them; no tooth-like processes in the lower jaw. Head 

 very large, broader than long; snout obtusely pointed, a little 

 projecting, much longer than the eye ; canthus rostralis angular, 

 very slightly curved ; loreal region very oblique, not or feebly 

 concave; nostril much nearer to the tip of the snout than to the 

 eye; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tym- 

 panum distinct, '/a to Vz tne diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 and toes with small disks, with a groove in front, between 

 upper and lower surface, those of toes a little larger than 

 those of fingers; first finger longer than second, slightly longer 

 than fourth, a little shorter than third; toes 3 / i to entirely 

 webbed, the web penetrating between the outer metatarsals; 

 subarticular tubercles large; an elliptical, flattened, inner, and 

 a smaller, roundish, less distinct outer metatarsal tubercle; no 

 tarsal fold ; heel reaching the eye or the tip of the snout ; 

 tibia i 4 / 5 to 2'/ times in the length from snout to vent; when 

 the hind limbs are folded at right angles to the body, the 

 heels are meeting or feebly overlapping. 



Upper surfaces smooth or feebly warty; sometimes an inter- 

 rupted dorso-lateral fold on the anterior part of the back; a 

 strong fold above the tympanum ; posterior half of upper eye- 

 lids warty; smooth beneath. 



Dark olive or brown above, uniform or with rather indistinct 

 darker spots; upper lip sometimes with vertical bars; limbs 

 sometimes with cross-bars; white or brownish below, uniform 

 or spotted with dark brown. From snout to vent 220 mm. 



Terminal phalanges with a feeble transverse expansion at 

 the tip. 



Male with two large external vocal sacs. 



Habitat: Solomon islands. 



12. Rana bufoniformis Blgr. 



Rana bufoniformis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884, p. 210. 



Rana bufoniformis Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XII, pt. 2, 1886, 



p. 47, pi. VIII. 

 Rana bufoniformis Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 1 10. 



Habit very stout, toad-like. Vomerine teeth in two short 

 oblique series behind the choanae and not extending outwards 

 beyond the vertical of their inner edges; the space between 

 the two series equal to the length of one of them; lower jaw 



