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7. Rana limnocharis. 



Rana limnocharis (Boie), Wiegm., A''. Acta Ac. Leap. -Carol. XX'II, i, 



1835, p. 255 ; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 102, and Joiirn. 



As. Soc. Beng. XLII, 1S73, p. n6 ; S. Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1899, 



p. 893; Bouleng-., .f/io/. Zeyl. II, 1904, p. 73; Van Kampen, Zool. 



Jahrb., Syst. XXII, 1905, p. 703; Stejneg., Herp. Japan, p. 127, figs. 



(1907) ; Van Kampen, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. LXIX, 1909, p. 35, 



Bouleng., Vert. Faun, Mai. Pen., Rept. Bafr.p. 236 (1912) ; Malcolm 



Smith, Journ. N. H. Soc. Siam, II, 1916, p. 165; Annand., Mem. As. 



Soc. Beng. VI, 1917, p. 133, figs., pi. v. fig. 6; Annand. and Rao, 



Rec. Ind. Mus. XV, 1918, p. 33. 

 Rana gracilis (non Gravenh.), Wiegm., I.e. ; Peters, Mon. Bert. Ac. 1863, 



p. 78; Anders., Proc. Zool. Soc. 187 1, p. 200; Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1875, p. 567; Anders., Anat. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 840(1870). 

 Rana nilagirica, Jerd., Juurn. As. Soc. Beng. XXI, 1853, p. 531 ; Bouleng., 



Spol. Zeyl. II, 1904, p. 73. 

 Rana agricola, Jerd., I.e. 



Rana vittigera, part., Giinth., Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 9 (1858). 

 Rana gracilis, part., Giinth., Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 1409 (1864) ; Stoliczka, 



Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XXXIX, 1870, p. 142; Bouleng., Cat. Batr. 



Ecaud. p. 28 (1882). 

 Rana gracilis, var. andamanensis, part., Stoliczka, t. c. p. 143. 

 Rana limnocharis, part., Bouleng., Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 450 (1890). 

 Ratia tigrina {non Daud.), Annand., Rec. Ind. Mus. VIII, 1912, p 8. 

 Rana wasl, Annand., Mem. As. Soc. Beng. VI, 1917, p. 131, pl.v, fig. 5. 

 Rana limnocharis, subsp. andamanensis, Annand., t.c. p. 133, pi. v, fig. 7. 

 Rana limnocharis, subsp. nilagirica, Annand , t.c. p. 134. 

 Rana limnocharis, subsp. syhadrensis, Annand., Rec. Ind. Mus. XVI, 1919, 



p. 123. 



Forma typica. 



Vomerine teeth in more or less oblique series between the 

 choanae or extending a little beyond the level of their posterior 

 borders, usually short and more widely separated from the an- 

 terior corners of the latter than from each other, but excep- 

 tionally ' nearly touching the choanae in front ; sometimes '^ almost 

 entirely behind the level of the choanae. 



Head as long as broad, exceptionally slightly longer or slight- 

 ly broader, moderately depressed; snout rounded or pointed,' pro- 

 jecting more or less beyond the mouth, as long as or a little 

 longer than the eye ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region oblique, 

 more or less concave ; nostril usually nearer the end of the snout 

 than the eye ; the distance between the nostrils greater than the 

 interorbital width, which is much less than that of the upper eye- 

 lid ; tympanum very distinct, \ to f the diameter of the eye and 

 2 to 3 times its distance from the latter. 



1 Perak, Malacca, Borneo, the other extreme in a female from Niiigpo, in 

 which the teeth form two small oval groups close together and widely separated 

 from the choanae. Stejneger did not seem to be aware of the great amount of 

 variation in the vomerine teeth when he adduced the character of their more pos- 

 terior position for placing R. limnocharis far away from R. tigrina in the system. 



"^ Several specimens from the Nilgiries. Stejneger describes these groups 

 of teeth in Japanese specimens as having the anterior extremities on a line with 

 the posterior borders of the choanae. 



* An acutely pointed snout, as figured by Annandale, is exceptional ; the 

 usual form is as in his figure of R. ivasl. 



