1920.] O. A. BouLENGER : Frogs of the Genus Rana. 145 



latter : distance between the nostrils equal to or a little greater 

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

 that of the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, ^ to ;■; the dia- 

 meter of the eye, ij to 3 times as long as its distance from the 

 latter. 



Fingers moderateh' long, with the tips swollen into very small 

 discs which do not bear a groove ; first finger a little longer than 

 the second, third longer than the snout ; subarticular tubercles 

 large, \exy prominent. 



Hind limb moderate or rather long, the tibio-tarsal articula- 

 tion reaching the eye, the nostril, or between these two points, 

 the heels overlapping when the limbs are folded at right angles 

 to the body ; tibia 3 J to 4 times as long as broad, i± to 2 times 

 in length from snout to vent, shorter than the fore limb, as 

 long as or a little longer than the foot. Toes with small discs, 

 more developed than those of the fingers and bearing a groove 

 separating the upper from the lower surface , the web reaching the 

 discs of the third and fifth, two phalanges of fourth free ; outer 

 metatarsals separated nearly to the base; no tarsal fold; sub- 

 articular tubercles strong ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, promi- 

 nent, f to \ the length of the inner toe ; a ver3^ prominent, round 

 outer tubercle 



Skin smooth or granulate above, often warty on the sides ; 

 a rather broad and prominent glandular dorso-lateral fold from 

 above the tympanum to the hip, its distance from its fellow, on 

 the back, 4! to 5^ times in length from snout to vent ; a glandular 

 fold from below the eye to the shoulder, followed by a glandule. 

 Lower parts smooth. 



Brown above, with or without darker spots; a dark brown or 

 blackish band on each side of the head and body, bordering the 

 canthus rostralis and the dorso-lateral fold ; a whitish streak along 

 the upper lip and the glands behind it ; limbs with dark cross- 

 bands ; hinder side of thighs yellowish, with black spots or marb- 

 lings. Lower parts white, often with small brown spots ; throat 

 usually brown. 



Males with internal vocal sacs and a moderately large gland 

 on the inner side of the arm. 



Nasal bones rather small, separated from each other and from 

 the frontoparietals ; ethmoid exposed above, pointed in front, ex- 

 tending to the line of the posterior borders of the nasals. 



Eggs measuring i|- millim. in diameter in a female 54 millim. 

 long from snout to vent. 



73. Rana leptoglossa. 



Hylorana leptoglossa. Cope, Proc. Ac. PJiilad. iSGS, p. 139. 

 Hylorana granulosa, .Vnders. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XI, 1871, p. 23. 

 Rana granulosa, W. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 346; Bouleng. 



Ann. ifus. Genova (2) XIII, 1893, p. 333,^ viii, fig. 2 ; .\nnand. 



Rec. hid. Mns. \'\U. 1912, p. 9, and Mem. As. Soc. Beng. VI, 1917, 



pp. 140, 14.'. 



