158 Records of tlie Indian Museum. [Vol.. XX, 



Measurements of type. 



From snout to vent . . . . . . . . 38 millim. 



Head ■ . . . . . . .. • . . 14 ,, 



Width of head . . .. .. .. .. 10 ,, 



Snout .. .. .. .. .. 5 .. 



Eye . . . . . . . . . . 4 ,, 



Interorbital width .. .. .. .. 3 1. 



Tympanum .. .. .. .. .. 3 ,, 



Fore limb .. .. .. .. .. 25 ., 



Hind limb . . . . . . . . . . 61 ,, 



Tibia . . . . . . . . . . ig ,, 



Foot . . . . . . . . . . 19 ,, 



Habitat. Travancore. This species is known from a sine;le 

 specimen found near Trivandrum by Capt. H. S. Ferguson. 

 It is now ])reserved in the British ]\Itiseum. 



80. Rana sanguinea. 



/iinm sangiiiin'a. ISixttfj. 2ool. Aii£. iNg.^. p. .504. 



Vomerine teeth in obUque series between the choanie and 

 extending beyond the level of the posterior borders of the latter. 



Head longer than broad; snout li times as long as the eye, 

 rounded and obliquely truncate in front and projecting beyond the 

 mouth; canthus rostralis strong; loreal region nearly vertical, 

 concave ; nostril much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum \-ery 

 distinct, more than f the size of the eye. 



Fingers slender, with the tips dilated into very small discs, 

 first longer than the second. 



Hind limb very long, the tihio-tarsal articulation reaching far 

 beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia as long as the distance between 

 the eye and the vent, longer than the fore limb, shorter than the 

 foot. Toes with the tips dilated Hke the fingers, | webbed, 2 

 phalanges of fourth free ; subarticular tubercles very strong, coni- 

 cal ; no tarsal fold; two subequal metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, 

 outer round 



Skin smooth ; a prominent but narrow glandular dorso-laterwl 

 fold from above the temple to the sacral region ; an oval gland 

 below the tj'mpanum. 



Uniform carmine red above, dark reddish grey on the sides ; 

 a black band on the loreal region and a black temporal spot ; upper 

 lip white ; limbs with rather indistinct, very oblique dark cross- 

 bands ; hinder side of thighs yellow, marbled with black. Throat 

 whitish, with dark spots near the ja\y ; a dark spot on each side of 

 the breast ; belly sulphur 3'ellow ; lower surface of hind limbs fleshy 

 red. 



From snout to vent 44 millim. ; head I5'5 ; width of head 13 ; 

 fore limb 29 ; hind limb 95 ; tibia 32 ; foot 4i"5. 



Habitat. Calamianes Ids., Philippines. 



Known from a single female specimen preserved in the Sen- 

 ckenberg Museum. 



