1920.] 



G. A. BouLENGER : Fyogx of the Gcmis Rana. 



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Measnreuioits in millimetres. 



From snout to vent 



Head . . 



Width of head 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital 



Tympanum 



Fore limb 



First finger 



Second finger 



Hind limb 



pidth 



^7 



II 

 9-5 

 4-5 

 3-4 

 2-8 

 17 



13-2 

 4 

 3-« 



427 



31-5 



6 



3-4 



3 



4-5 

 45-8 



Habitat. Hills and elevated valleys of the middle region of 

 the Bombay Presidency, between 2000 and 4000 feet altitude. 



Since describing this form, Dr. Annandale has become ac- 

 quainted with its tadpole, having received from Khandalla in the 

 Western Ghats series which show the mouth disc to have normally 

 only 3 rows of horny teeth (one upper and two lower). In two 

 specimens examined, however, the rows are abnormal and asym- 

 metrical. In one of those individuals five rows can be distinguished. 

 Dr. Annandale thinks the tadpoles described by Ferguson {Journ. 

 Bomb. N.H. Soc. XV, 1904, p. 501) from Travancore should be 

 referred to this varietj-. 



Var. andamanensis, Stoliczka. 



Annandale has pointed out that this name is founded on ex- 

 amples of ti. doriae, Blgr., and of a small form oi R. limnocharis to 

 which he proposes to restrict it. 



" This form closely resembles the forma typica except in its 

 small size and peculiar coloration. The dorsal surface of the head 

 and body is of a rich chestnut-brown, while the sides are of a dark 

 brown densely spotted with black. A narrow blackish line, some- 

 times running on a raised ridge or series of longitudinal folds, often 

 separates the two areas ; zigzag dark bars sometimes run across 

 the back, and there is frequently a dark cross-bar between the 

 posterior part of the eyes. The lips are more or less mottled and 

 the throat feebly irrorated." 



Habitat. Andamans and Tenasserira. 



8. Rana greenii. 



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



Rana gracilis, part., Giinth., Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 409 (1864); Bouleng., Cat. 



Batr. Ecatid. p. 28 (1882). 

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

 Rana greenii, Bouleng-, Spot. ZeyL 11, 1904, p. 74. 



Rana limnocliaris, suhsp. greenii, .\nnand., .Mem. As. Soc. Beng.W, 1917, 

 P- 134- 

 Vomerine teeth in rather strong oblique series between and 

 extending posteriorly well beyond the choanae. 



