i88 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XX, 



Habitat. Solomon Islands. — Werner's original description of 

 R. novce-britannics, from New Britain, applies well to this species, 

 except for the size of the tympanum, stated to be nearly as large 

 as the eye. My suggestion as to the New Britain frog being refer- 

 able to R. krefftii has been confirmed by Roux, Rev. Suisse Zool. 

 XXVI, 19 1 8, p. 411. 



102. Rana papua. 



Raiia papua. Lesson, Voy. Coguille, Zool, II, i, p. 59, pi. vii, fig. i (1830) ; 



Boettg. in Semon, Zool. Forsch. p. in (189.).); Mehely, Term. Fiizet. 



Budapest, XX, 1S97, ?■ 41°' Werner, Mitt. Zool. M71S. Berl. I, 



1900, p. 18; v;in Kampen, Nova Guinea, V. Zool. p. 164 (1906), and 



IX, Zool. p. ,1/ '1909), and p. 459(1913): Bouleng. Tr. Zool. Soc. 



XX, 1914, p. 350, and Aim. and Mag: N.H. (g) I, igi8, p. 240. 

 Limnodytes ivaigiensis, Dum. et Bibr. Erp. Gc'«. VIII, p. 514 (1841). 

 Liniiiodytes papueiisis, A. B. i\ley. .Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 52 ; Doria. 



Arm. Mus. Genova, \\, 1874. p. 356. 

 Limnodytes papua, Peters et t)oria, Ann. Mus. Genova, XIII, 1878, 



p. 418. 

 Limnodytes arfaki, part., Peters et Doria, I. c, pi. vi, fig. i. 

 Rana papua, part., Bouleng,, Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 64 (1882) ; Roux, Abh. 



Senck. Ges. XXXIII, 1910, p. 224. 

 Rana arfaki, part., van Kampen, Bijdr. Dierk. XIX, 1913, p. 90. 

 Rana fallax, van Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, Zool. p. 459 (1913). 



Vomerine teeth in oblique groups or short series between the 

 choanfe or extending posteriori}' beyond them, equally distant 

 from each other and from the latter or a little nearer each other. 



Head as long as broad or longer than broad, much depressed ; 

 snout obtuse or more or less acutely pointed, projecting more or 

 less beyond the mouth, as long as the eye or longer ; canthus 

 rostralis strong ; loreal region moderatel}' or feebly oblique, deeply 

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

 between the nostrils equal to or greater than the interorbital width, 

 which is I to once that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum very dis- 

 tinct, -g- to f the diameter of the eye, i-| to 3 times its distance 

 from the latter. 



Fingers long and slender, sometimes with a feeble dermal 

 border, terminating in small but very distinct discs, which are a little 

 longer than broad and bear a horseshoe-shaped groove separating 

 the upjier from the lower surface ; first linger longer than the 

 second , third longer than the snout ; subarticular tubercles large 

 and \(ixy prominent. 



Hind limb long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the 

 nostril, the tip of the snout, or, usuall}', beyond the tip of the 

 snout ; the heels strongly overlapping when the limbs are folded at 

 right angles to the body; tibia 4 to 5J times as long as broad, 

 I2 to z.<^ times in length from snout to vent, as long as or a little 

 longer or a little shorter than the fore limb, longer than the foot. 

 Toes ending in well-developed discs, similar to but a little larger 

 than those of the fingers, the web reaching the disc, or onh' the 

 penultimate phalanx of the fourth ; outer metatarsals separated 

 nearly to the base ; subarticular tubercles moderately large, prom- 

 inent ; no tarsal fold ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval or elliptic, 



