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Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol. XX, 



I — 3. Palawan (type). 4. Matang, Sarawak. 5. Penrissen Mt., Sarawak. 6, 

 Kina Baloo. N. Borneo. 7. Loka, Celebes. 8. Matinang, Celebes. 9. Rurukan. 

 Celebes. 10. Tasosso. Celebes, 4000 f. 



Habitat. Palawan, Borneo, Celebes. 



23. Rana narina. 



Rana narina, Stejneg., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasliington, X\'I, igoi, p. 189 

 and Herp. Jap- p. 134, fig. (1907). 



Vomerine teeth in nearly transverse series on a level with the 

 posterior borders of the choanae, a little nearer to each other 

 than to the latter. 



Head .slightly longer than broad ; snout nearly squarish, 

 vertically truncate ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region sub- 

 vertical, very concave ; nostrils close to the end of the snout ; 

 interorbital region narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 distinct, J the diameter of the eye, only a little longer than its 

 distance from the latter. 



Fingers rather long, first longer than the second, terminating in 

 very small discs ; subarticular tubercles large. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation extending considerably beyond the 

 tip of the snout ; heels overlapping when the limbs are folded at 

 right angles to the body ; tibia if times in length from snout 

 to vent, shorter than the fore limb, much shorter than the foot. 

 Toes nearly entirely webbed, terminating in ver}^ small discs; 

 outer metatarsals separated nearly to the base ; subarticular 

 tubercles strong ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle but 

 slightly prominent, ab^ut \ the length of the inner toe ; no outer 

 tubercle. 



»Skin smooth. 



Brownish above ; a narrow whitish line from under the eye 

 to behind the commissure of the jaws ; sides and posterior surface 

 of the thighs coarsely marbled with dark brown. Whitish beneath, 

 chin and throat clouded with dusky. 



From snout to vent 66 millim. 



Habitat. Loo Choc Islands (Okinawa Shima). 



The single species is preserved in the Science Collection, 

 Tokyo. 



