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



1912, p. 237. 

 Rana signata and picturata Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 177, 179. 

 Rana mocllendorffi, Taylor, Philipp. Jrn. of Sc, XVI, 1920, p. 270, pi. I, fig. 4. 



Vomerine teeth in two short, oblique series or groups between 

 the choanae, or just behind them. Head as long as broad or 

 a little longer; snout rounded or rather pointed, feebly pro- 

 jecting, as long as or a little shorter than the upper eyelid; 

 canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region feebly oblique, concave ; 

 nostril nearer to tip of snout than to eye; interorbital 

 space a little narrower to a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum very distinct, 3 / 5 to 3 / 4 the width of the 

 eye. Fingers and toes with small disks; first finger extending 

 beyond second; toes 2 / 3 or 3 / 4 webbed, the web reaching or 

 not quite reaching the disks of third and fifth toe, two pha- 

 langes of fourth toe free ; outer metatarsals separated nearly 

 to the base; subarticular tubercles well developed; a small, 

 oblong inner and a small, round outer metatarsal tubercle; 

 no tarsal fold ; the heel reaches the tip of the snout or between 

 eye and tip of snout; tibia a little more than half the length 

 from snout to vent; when the hinds limbs are folded at right 

 angles to the body, the heels are overlapping. 



Skin smooth or granular above; a flat dorsolateral glandular 

 fold, which may be little distinct or absent, or represented 

 by a chain of large warts; smooth beneath. 



Back and sides dark olive to black, sometimes with scattered 

 small light spots or large yellow or pale brown spots or marblings, 

 or olive, largely spotted or marbled with black; a light line 

 from the tip of the snout along the canthus rostralis and the 

 border of the upper eyelid, usually continued, uninterrupted 

 or as a series of oblong spots, along each side of the back; 

 a light streak or small yellowish spots on the upper lip may 

 be present; hind limbs with light cross-bars, or orange spotted 

 or barred with black; brownish beneath, uniform, or spotted 

 with white, or with dark marblings. In life the light lines 

 and spots are emerald green and red. From snout to vent 70 mm. 



Male with internal vocal sacs and a more or less distinct 

 oval humeral gland. 



With R. signata I have united R. picturata Blgr. from Bor* 

 neo : the description of Boulenger gives only very slight diffe- 

 rences with R. signata, the principal one being the shape of 



