1920.] G. A. BouLENGER : Fyogs of the Genus Rana. 99 



oval, prominent, less than i the length of the inner toe ; no outer 

 tubercle. 



Skin smooth above and beneath, with large flat warts on 

 the sides ; a narrow, very prominent, glandular dorso-lateral fold ; 

 another glandular fold from below the eye, ending above the 

 shoulder in two round or oval glands. 



Grey above, frequentl}- with a line, somewhat lighter verte- 

 bral line ; a black blotch from the nostril through the eye to the 

 temporal region ; a blackish line bordering the upper lip and separ- 

 ated from the loreo-temporal blotch by a pure white streak which 

 ends on the glands above the insertion of the arm ; tympanum 

 brown ; dorso-lateral fold externally edged with black, the sides 

 often entirely blackish ; hind limbs with dark cross-bands. Lower 

 parts yellowish white, spotted and dotted v&x\ densely with blackish, 

 the throat usually entirely blackish. 



Male unknown. 



From snout to vent 46 millim. 



Habitat. Okinawa, Loo Choo Islands. 



This species, known to me from the descriptions only, is 

 stated to be allied to R. labialis. 



47. Rana malabarica. 



Rana malabarica (Bibr.), Tschudi, Class Batr. pp. 4(1 and So (1838) ; 



Dum. et Bibr., Erp. Gen, VlII, p. 635, pi. Ixxvi. tig. i (1841); 



Bouleng-., Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 60 (1882), and Faun. Ind., Repf. 



p. 456 (1890); Boetlg., Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1S92, 95. 

 Hytorana malabarica, Gunth., Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 426(1864); Stoliczka, 



Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1S72, p. 105. 



Vomerine teeth in oblique groups or short series between the 

 choanae, nearer to each other than to the latter. 



Head rather strongly depressed, as long as broad; snout 

 rounded or obtusely pointed, moderately projecting, as long as or 

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

 feebly oblique, concave; nostril a little nearer the end of the 

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

 the interorbital width, which is equal to or a little less than that 

 of the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, f to once the 

 diameter of the eye, close to it or separated from it by a space not 

 exceeding i its diameter. 



Fingers a little swollen at the end, first longer than the second, 

 third longer than the snout ; subarticular tubercles large and very 

 prominent. 



Hind limb rather short or moderately long, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaching the tympanum or the eye, the heels strongly 

 overlapping when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; 

 tibia 3^ to 4 times as long as broad, 2 to 2J times in length from 

 snout to vent, shorter than the fore limb, as long as or slightly 

 longer than the foot. Toes rather short, slightly swollen at the 

 end, I to ^ webbed, 2 or 3 phalanges of fourth free, the outer 

 metatarsals separated in their distal half ; subarticular tubercles 



