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base of the first toe, wtiich it considerably exceeds in lengtli ; no 

 outer tubercle. 



Skin finely granulate above ; a strong curved glandular fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder Belly and lower surface of thighs 

 granulate. 



Grey above, uniform or indistinctly marbled with dark brown ; 

 a fine yellow vertebral line sometimes present ; a deep black 

 streak from the tip of the snout, through the nostril and the eye, 

 to the shoulder, expanding in a round spot on the tvmpanum ; 

 limbs without or with very indistinct darker cross-bands ; groin 

 maibled with black ; upper surface of thighs black, spotted or 

 marbled with white. Lower parts white, throat spotted with brown. 



Male unknown. 



Nasal bones separated from each other and from the fronto- 

 parietals. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



Habitat. Malabar. 



51. Rana strachani. 



Tomopferna stracliani, Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 399 (1884). 

 Rana stracliani, Bouleng., Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 452 (1890). 



This species being unkown to me, I merely reproduce the origi- 

 nal description. 



" Muzzle very little longer than broad. Snout obtuse. Tym- 

 panum distinct, circular, as large as the eye. Crown flattish. 

 Lower jaw with weak bony prominences Skin of back with 

 short longitudinal folds; a fold on each side of the abdomen, 

 and another across the under surface of the body, immediately be- 

 hind the fore limbs. A plait behind the tympanum, coming down 

 to the shoulder. Fingers quite free, swollen at the tips ; laid 

 beside each other, the first, second, and fourth fingers are of 



