Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol. XX, 



the inner side of the lobes; beak minutely serrated, edged with 

 black. The upper surface and the tail are yellow, with boldly 

 contrasting black markings. 



The ova in the uterus measure ij millim. in a female 30 millim. 

 long from snout to vent. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



I — 3. Malabar (types). 4 — 5. Malabar. 6. Anamalai hills (type). 7. Devico- 

 lum, Travancore. 



Habitat. Forests of Southern India. 



60. Rana diplosticta. 



Ixaltts diplostictus, Giinth., Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 574, pi. Ixiii, fig. C. 

 ffana diplosticta, Bouleng., Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 58(188?), and Faun. /nd., 



i?e/)/., p. 455 (1890). 



Vomerine teeth, if distinct, in very feeble oblique groups just 

 behind the level of the posterior borders of the choanae. Tongue 

 with a long pointed papilla in the middle. 



Head moderateh' depressed, as long as broad ; snout rounded, 

 feebly projecting beyond the mouth, as long as the eye; canthus 

 Tostralis obtuse; loreal region feebly oblique, feebly concave; 

 nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; distance 

 between the nostrils equal to the interorbital width or the width 

 of the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, a little more than 

 J the diameter of the eye, iJ to 2 times its distance from the latter. 



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 

 shorter than the second, third as long as or a little longer than the 

 snout ; subarticular tubercles moderately large, not very pro- 

 rninent. 



Hind limb long ; the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout or bej'ond, rarely between the eye and the tip 

 of the snout, the heels strongly overlap when the limbs are folded 



