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that of R. holsti, with which species, however, the present one has 
nothing to do.” He adds: “The large gland above the axil is also 
very remarkable.” 
Description.— Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups, situated 
very slightly behind the choanae. The distance between these is a little 
less than their distance from the choanae. Habit rather stout. Head 
much broader than long; snout very short, well rounded; no canthus 
rostralis; nostril much nearer tip of snout than eye; interorbital space 
narrower than upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, three fourths the diameter 
of the eye. Fingers moderate, first much longer than second; first meta- 
carpal very greatly developed (similar to R. holsti); toes rather long, 
entirely webbed; subarticular tubercles well developed; tips of fingers 
and toes slightly dilated; inner metatarsal tuberele narrow and elongate, 
two thirds the length of the inner toe; outer metatarsal tubercle indistinct; 
no inner tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye; tibia 
one half the length of the body. 
Body warty, all upper parts and sides of body and limbs with many 
round, prominent warts. No fold from eye to shoulder as in R. few. A 
large kidney-shaped gland above each axil. Uniform olive brown on all 
upper surfaces and sides; tympanum lighter; under surfaces chestnut 
brown with olive marblings. Male without internal vocal sacs. The type, 
a male, evidently taken in the breeding season, has light-colored spine- 
like asperities on the two inner fingers; there are, as in R. liebigit, asper- 
ities on the inner side of the arms and, unlike that frog, these are plenti- 
fully sprinkled over the entire chest and throat region to the very edges of 
the lips. 
Type, no. 2440 of the amphibian collection in the Museum of Compara- 
tive Zoédlogy. Taken in the Riu Kiu Islands, May, 1904, by a Japanese 
collector of Mr. Alan Owston. 
Rana amurensis Boulenger. 
Boulenger, Bull. Soe. Zool. France, 1886, p. 598. 
Stejneger, Herp. of Japan, 1907, pp. 119-121. 
In the Owston collection are two adults and six young specimens 
of this rather rare species. ‘They were collected in the West Taipai- 
shiang district of northern China. The reader is referred to Stej- 
neger (/. c.) for a detailed account of this form’s habitat. 
