ig20.] G. A. BouLENGER : Frogs of the Genus Rana. i8i 



i webbed ; subarticular tubercles strong; a rather strong, elongate 

 inner and a small round outer metatarsal tubercle. 



Upper parts finely corrugated, with small warts on the pos- 

 terior part of the upper eyelids and on the lumbar region ; belly 

 smooth. 



Light bronzy or greyish green above, with numerous sharply 

 defined black spots, the black predominating over the ground 

 colour ; lower parts dark brown or blackish, with numerous whitish 

 spots. 



Male unknown. 



From snout to vent 49 millim. ; hind limb 80. 



Habitat. Culion Id., Calamianes, Philippines. 



Types preserved in the Senckenberg Museum. 



Appears to be closely allied to R. signata. 



96. Rana glandulosa. 



Raiici glandulosa, Boulcng. Cat. Batr. Ecaml. p. 73, pi vii, (18^2), Aim. 

 and Mag. .\\H. {b)\\\\. 1891, p. 291, and XIV, 1S94, p. 87: S. 

 Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 905 ; A. I,. Butler, Journ. N.H. Soc. 

 Bomb. XV, 1903, p. 200; Bouleng. Faiin. Mai. Pen., Refit, p. 236 

 (1913) ; Annand. Mem. As. Soc. Beng. \\, 1917, p. 146. 



Vomerine teeth in short oblique series between the choanae 

 or on a level with their posterior borders, equally distant from 

 each other or nearer to the latter . 



Head as long as broad or a little broader than long, much 

 depressed ; snout rounded or obtusely pointed, feebly projecting 

 beyond the mouth, as long as or slightly longer than the eye ; 

 canthus rostralis obtuse; loreal region oblique, deeply concave; 

 nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; distance between 

 the nostrils equal to or a little greater than the interorbital width, 

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

 tympanum very distinct, | to f the diameter of the eye, 2 to 3 

 times as long as its distance from the latter. 



Fingers rather long and slender, the tips dilated into small 

 discs which are longer than broad and with a groove separating 

 the upper from the lower surface ; first finger much longer than 

 the second, third longer than the snout; subarticular tubercles 

 large and very prominent. 



Hind limb moderately long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reach- 

 ing the eye or between the eye and the nostril, the heels overlapping 

 when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 4 to 4^ 

 times as long as broad, i,l to 2i times in length from snout to 

 vent, much shorter than the fore limb, as long as or a little longer 

 or a little shorter than the foot. Toes with the tips dilated into 

 small discs similar to those of the fingers, \ to | webbed ; outer 

 metatarsals separated nearly to the base ; subarticular tubercles 

 moderately large, ^-ery prominent ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle oval or elliptic, moderately prominent, i to ? the length 

 of the inner toe ; a round outer tubercle. 



