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the throat and thighs of the breeding male are suffused with a 

 bright claret-colour. 



Males without secondar}- sexual characters. 



Nasal bones small, separated from each other and from the 

 frontoparietals ; ethmoid largeh' uncovered in front. 



The eggs are very large : in the female specimen measuring 50 

 millim. from snout to vent the uterine eggs have a diameter of 3 

 millim., exactly in the same proportion as in Alytes obstetricans. 



Tadpoles from Bim Tal, E. Himalaj'as, 4,450 ft., received 

 under the name of R. blanfordii from the Indian Museum in 1915, 

 reach a large size: 60 millim., in which the tail enters for 43. 

 Tail obtusety pointed. Beak black ; 5 series of upper labial teeth . 

 the outermost uninterrupted, the second narrowly interrupted, the 

 following broadly interrupted and gradually shorter ; 3 series of 

 lower labial teeth, the innermost narrowlj- interrupted, the two 

 others uninterrupted. Identical specimens from near Phagu, Simla 

 district, 7000 ft., were received from the Indian Museum in IQ09 

 under the name of R. vicina. 



Measureinents in viilliinetres. 



From snout to vent 



Head 



Width of head 



Snout 



Eye 



Interorbital width 



Tympanum 



Fore limb. . 



First finger 



Second finger 



Third finger 



Fourth finger 



Hind limb . . 



Tibia 



Foot 



Third toe . . 



Fourth toe 



Fifth toe . . 



I — 2. Darjiling (types), 

 near Naini Tal, 5000 ft. 



. Mussoorie, 6000 — 7000 ft. 4 — ;. Balaya Valley, 



Habitat. The Himalayas. The types are almost certainl}^ from 

 the Darjiling district. According to Annandale this species is very 

 common in the Western Himalaj-as, at altitudes from 6000 to 

 10,000 feet. " It is largely aquatic in its habits, at any rate during 

 the dajizime. Specimens taken at the beginning of October ap- 

 peared to be breeding ; the females contained large ova ' ' (An- 

 nandale, 1907). " In wet weather and in places where there is a 

 plentiful water-supply it is aquatic in habits. In the neighbour- 

 hood of Simla, however, it conceals itself during the dry season. 

 Large tadpoles are common in the W. Himalayas in mountain 

 streamlets and in wells both in May and September.' ' 



