214 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor,. XX, 



space narrower than the upjjer eyelid : tympanum very distinct, 

 about f the size of the eye. 



Fingers moderately long, the tips dilated into large discs, 

 about as long as broad and f the diameter of the tympanum ; 

 first finger shorter than the second, third longer than the snout. 



Hind limb very long and slender, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaching far beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia 6 times as long as 

 broad, I J times in length from snout to vent, much longer than 

 the foot. Toes with well developed discs smaller than those of 

 the fingers, nearly entirely webbed ; outer metatarsals separated 

 nearly to the base ; inner metatarsal tubercle small ; no outer 

 tubercle. 



vSkin smooth, belly granulate. 



Bluish grey above, with large bluish black spots with fight 

 centres ; limbs with dark cross-bands ; white beneath. 



From snout to vent 36 milHm. 



Habitat. Deb, Sumatra 



120. Rana livida. 



' Polypedates smaragdiiius, Blyth, Joiirn. As. Soc. Bciig. XXI, 1852, p. 355. 

 Polypedates Hindus, Blyth, Joiini. As. Soc. Beng. XXIV; 1855, p. 718. 

 Polypedates smaragdimis, Jerd. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. S3., 

 Polypedates chloroiiotus. Giinlh Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1S7S. p- 569. pi. Iw, 



fig. A. . - . 



Rana cliloroiiata, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 69 (1882). 

 Raiia livida, Bouleng. Ann. Mtts. Geneva (2) \^ 1887, p. 484. and Faun. 



Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 462 (1890); A. I.. Buder, Jourii. N.H. Soc. 



Bomb. XV, 190^, p. 201 ; Bouleng. Finn/. Mnl. Pen.. Rept. p. 245 



(1912). 



Vomerine teeth in straight or oblique series between or ex- 

 tending a little beyond the choanae, equally distant from each 

 other or nearer the latter. 



Head as long as broad or slightly broader than long, much 

 depressed ; snout rounded, feeblj- projecting beyond the mouth, 

 as long as or slightly longer or slightly shorter than the eye ; 

 canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region very feebly oblique or 

 nearh^ vertical, deeply concave ; nostril a little nearer the tip of 

 the snout than the eye ; distance between the nostrils equal to the 

 width of the interorbital region or to that of the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, J to f the diameter of the eye, i to 4 

 times its distance from the latter. 



Fingers moderate, depressed , with more or less distinct dermal 

 border, the tips dilated into very large discs, as long as broad, as 

 large as or a little smaller than the tympanum, with a groove 

 separating the upper from the lower surface ; first finger as long 

 as or a little longer than the second, third longer than the snout ; 

 subarticular tubercles large, verj- prominent. 



Hind limb long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching beyond 

 the tip of the snout, the heels strongly overlapping when the 

 limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 4 to 5 times 

 as long as broad, i? to i'; times in length of head and body. 



