lo8 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vot. XX, 



broad, 2I to 2j times in length from snout to vent, considerably 

 shorter than the foot or the fore limb. Toes obtusely pointed, 

 entirely or nearly entirely webbed, the distal phalanx of the fourth 

 often free ; outer metatarsals separated by web only in their distal 

 third or fourth ; subarticular tubercles small and very feebly pro- 

 minent ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, about 

 ^ the length of the inner toe ; no outer metatarsal tubercle. 



Upper parts with small elongate smooth warts, which often 

 form regular longitudinal series or interrupted folds on the back ; 

 a glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder ; lower parts smooth. 



Olive above, uniform or with numerous small blackish spots 

 which may have a light centre; a yellow vertebral streak some- 

 times present ; a blackish streak from the tip of the snout to the 

 shoulder, passing through the eye ; limbs with dark spots but no 

 cross-bars. Lower parts white, uniform or spotted with blackish. 



Males without secondary sexual characters. 



Nasal bones rather small, in contact with each other ; fronto- 

 parietals not meeting on the median line; a small part of the 

 ethmoid uncovered. Pectoral arch as in R. temporaria. 



Eggs large, 2 millim. in diameter in uterus of female measur- 

 ing 54 mm. from snout to vent. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



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From snout to vent .. 34 31 53 40 4i 35 54 47 58 S3 



Head .. .. . . 11 10 15 13 13 :2 16 15 16 15 



Width of head .. .. 12 11 18 14 14 13 18 17 19 18 



Snout .. .. .. 4 4 5 4.5 4-5 4.5 6 5 5 5-5 



Eye . . . . .. 4 4 6 4-5 4-5 4 5 6 5 6 5-5 



Interorbital width . . . . 2 2 2-5 2 2 2 2-5 2 2 2 



Fore limb .. .. 17 16 27 21 24 20 29 27 32 30 



First finger .. ■ ■ S'S 3 5 S'S 5 S'S 5 4-5 SS 5 



Second finger .. •• 4 3'5 5 4 5'5 3'5 5 4-5 5*5 5 



Third finger .. ..5465656676 



Fourth finger . . ■ ■ 3'S 3 4 4 3'5 3 4-5 4 5 5 



Hind limb . . .. 4: 39 68 52 55 48 69 65 80 75 



Tibia .. 13 12 19 16 17 13 20 18 22 21 



Foot .. .. 15 14 23 18 19 16 24 21 29 27 



Third toe .. .. 8 6 11 9 10 8 12 11 14 13 



Fourth toe .. .. 10 9 15 11 12 10 16 15 19 18 



Fifth toe .. .. 7 7 10 8 8 7 10 10 14 13 



I — 4. L. Yamdok, 15,000 f. 5 — 8. Kamba Jong. 9 — 10. Gyangtse. 



Habitat. Tibet, up to 15,000 feet ; Kashmir between 9000 and 

 1200 ft. 



A very aberrant species. 



According to Annandale, the tadpole reaches a large size, — 72 

 millim., in wliich the tail enters for 45. The tail is round at 

 the end. Lips moderately' developed with a fringe of papillae which 

 is only narrowly interrupted in the middle of the upper lip ; beak 

 serrated at the edge, the upper mandible bearing a couple of long 

 narrow cusps at either end ; 4 upper and 5 lower series of labial 

 teeth, only the outermost uninterrupted ; these series of teeth 



