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between the nostrils a little greater than the interorbital width, 

 which is equal to or a little less than that of the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye and close to it. 



Fingers moderately long, the tips dilated into rather large 

 discs, which are a little broader than long and with a groove in front, 

 separating the upper from the lower surface ; first finger a little 

 longer than the second, third a little longer than the snout ; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate. 



Hind limb rather long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching 

 the tip of the snout or between the eye and the tip of the snout, 

 the heels overlapping when the limbs are folded at right angles to 

 the body ; tibia 4 times as long as broad, nearly twice in length 

 from snout to vent, a little shorter than the fore limb, a little 

 longer than the foot. Toes rather long, depressed, and dilated at 

 the end like the fingers, '• webbed, 35 phalanges of fourth and 2 of 

 third and fifth free, the web penetrating bareh- half way down be- 

 tween the outer metatarsals ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; no 

 tarsal fold; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, feebly prominent, |- the 

 length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin of back with short longitudinal glandular folds; sides 

 granulate, with small warts ; a strong glandular fold from the eye 

 to the shoulder. Lower parts smooth. 



Brown above, sides of body darker ; loreal and temporal 

 regions blackish ; a dark cross-bar between the eyes ; limbs with 

 dark cross-bars. Lower parts white, throat and breast mottled 

 with brown. 



Males without secondary sexual characters. 



The tadpole, described bj- Annandale, is very similar to 

 that referred by him to R. leptodactvla , but the tail is a little 

 longer, the upper lip is broader, more than 3 times the breadth of 

 one of the lateral lobes, the beak is brown and stouter. 



Measurements in millinietres {of types). 



From snout to vent 

 Head . . 

 Width of head 

 Snout 

 Eye 



Interorbital width . 

 Tympanum 

 Fore limb 

 Hind limb 

 Tibia 

 Foot 



Habitat. Malabar. 



59. Rana leptodactyla. 



Polypedates brevipalmatus. Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 572. 



Rana leptodactyla, Bouleng., Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 57 (1882), and Faun. 



Ind., Sept. p. 454 (1890) ; Boettg., Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1892, p. 95 ; 



Annand., Rec. Ind. Mtis. XV, 1918, p. 19, pi. i, fig. 2. 



