i6 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. XX, 



3. Rana verruculosa. 



Rana tigrina var. verruculosa, Roiix, Zool. Jahrb. Svsf. XXX, 191 1, 

 P- 5'H- 



Vomerine teeth in oblique series originating in the middle 

 between the choanae or a little further back and extending beyond 

 the level of their posterior borders. 



Head slightly broader than long ; snout rather pointed, a 

 little longer than the eye ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region 

 oblique ; nostril a little nearer the eye than the tip of the snout ; 

 interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 verj- distinct, a little more than half the diameter of the eye and 

 narrowly separated from the latter. 



Fingers rather short, obtuse, first longer than the second, 

 third longer than the snout ; subarticular tubercles moderate. 



Hind limb rather long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching 

 the tip of the snout, the heels overlapping when the limbs are 

 folded at right angles to the body ; tibia ^k times as long as 

 broad, ^ length of head and body, a little shorter than the fore 

 limb or than the foot. Toes obtuse, entirely and very broadly 

 webbed, the web feebly emarginate ; outer metatarsals separated 

 nearly to the base ; subarticular tubercles oval, moderatel}^ pro- 

 minent ; a tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, J the length 

 of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin of upper parts corrugated, back with numerous, very 

 prominent, short oval warts disposed irregularly, sides with larger 

 warts ; smaller, subconical warts on the limbs ; sometimes a fold 

 across the head, behind the eyes ; a rather prominent curved 

 glandular fold above and behind the tympanum. 



Grey above, uniform on the back, somewhat marbled with 

 black and yellow on the sides ; hinder side of thighs vermiculate 

 with black and white. Lower parts white, with small grey spots 

 on the throat. 



Males with external vocal sacs, forming folds on the sides of the 

 throat, which are blackish. 



Measurements of male type specimen. 



From snout to vent 



Head 



Width of head ... 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital width 



Tympanum 



Fore limb 



Hind limb 



Tibia 



Foot 



54milhm. 



19 

 20 



8-5 



7 



3-5 



4 

 30 

 83 

 26 

 29 



Habitat. Wetter Island, Sunda Archipelago. 



I have not seen examples of this frog, but am indebted to Dr. 

 Rou for notes which show that if R. cancrivora is to be regarded 

 as a valid species, R. verruculosa also deserves to be treated as such. 



