176 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XX, 



Habitat. Upper Burma, Yunnan, Fokien, Hainan. 



This species appears to be related to R. grahami in exactly 

 the same degree as R. adenopleura to R. pleuraden, thus pointing 

 to a polyphyletic origin for the subgenus Hylorana. 



The fact that a glandular dorso-lateral fold is sometimes pre- 

 sent in R. grahami justifies my belief that its absence in R. ander- 

 sonii, as well as in other species which I group with it, is secondary. 



91. Rana schmackeri. 



Rana schmackeri. Boettg. Katal. Batr. Samml. Senck. Ges. p. 11 (1892). 



Vomerine teeth in strong, very oblique series originating be- 

 tween the anterior corners of the choanae and extending consider- 

 ably beyond the level of their posterior borders. 



Snout hardly longer than the orbit, somewhat pointed ; can- 

 thus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region oblique, somewhat concave ; 

 nostril a little nearer the end of the snout than the eye; inter 

 orbital region a little narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 very distinct, f the size ol the eye. 



First finger a little longer than the second ; tips of fingers 

 dilated into small discs. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the snout ; tibia 

 ij times in length of head and body ; toes entirely webbed ; tarsal 

 fold feebly indicated ; a very feeble and indistinct inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth or finely corrugated ; a feeble glandular fold 

 above the tympanum ; a glandular fold from below the eye to the 

 shoulder ; posterior part of belly feebly granulate. 



Bluish green-grey above, with black marblings and larger 

 rounded dark spots, which may be somewhat light-edged ; sides 

 with sharply defined round black spots ; limbs with numerous dark 

 cross-bars ; sides of head with black spots, the glandular fold below 

 the tympanum greenish white. Lower parts dirty white, limbs 

 orange. 



From snout to vent 42 millim. 



Habitat. Ichang, C. China. 



This species was described from a single specimen in the 

 Senckenberg Museum. It appears to be allied to R. andersonii , 

 from which it differs in the vomerine dentition and in the larger 

 tympanum. 



92. Rana ijimas. 



Btiergeria ijimce, Stejneg. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wasliiiigt. XI\', 1901, p. 190. 

 Rana ijimte, Stejneg. Herp. Japan, p. 121, fig. {1907) ; '^ .\' og\., Sitzh. 

 Ges. Nat. Fv. Berl. 1913, p. 179. 



Vomerine teeth in slightly oblique series on a line with the 

 posterior borders of the choanje. 



Snout rounded, somewhat projecting ; canthus rostralis rather 

 abruptly bent ; loreal region concave ; nostril much nearer the tip 

 of the snout than the eye; interorbital space slightly narrower 



