222 Records 0/ the Indian Mnscitin. [Vol. XX, 



125. Rana hainanensis. 



Stiiiirais liiiiiuiiieiisis, Boulenj;-. Pioc. Zoo!. Soc. i.S(jy. p. 0S>^' p'- l>^\'i>. 

 Ms?. J . r. \'o.t;-t, Sifsh- C^es. Nat. Fr. Berl. 101 -„ p. .'25. ' 



Vomerine teeth absent, h. feeble tooth-like bony i^rocess in 

 front of the lower jaw. 



Head a little broader than long, much depressed ; snout round- 

 ed, scarcely projecting l)eyond the mouth, shorter than the eye ; can- 

 thus rostralis distinct ; loreal region feebly oblique, deeply concave ; 

 nostril equally distant from the eye and from the end of the snout ; 

 distance between the nostrils greater than the interorbital width, 

 which equals that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct. '. to ? 

 the diameter of the eye, :-! to once its distance from the latter. 



Fingers rather slender, with a distinct dermal border, the tips 

 dilated into very large discs which are a little broader than long, 

 much larger than the tympanum, with a groove separating the upper 

 from the lower surface and another above, corresponding to the 

 long transverse limb of the terminal phalanx ; first finger shorter 

 than the second, third twice as long as the snout ; suViarticular 

 tuljercles rather small, feebly prominent. 



Hind limb long, tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of 

 the snout or slightly beyond, the heels overlapping when the limljs 

 are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 4 times as long as 

 broad, ij to i;; times in length from snout to vent, shorter than the 

 fore limb, longer than the foot. Toes with large discs similar to those 

 of the fingers but smaller, completely webbed, the web involving 

 the base of the discs ; outer metatarsals separated to the base ; 

 subarticular tubercles . rather small, feebly prominent; no tarsal 

 fold; inner metatarsal tubercle flat, scarcely distinct, about I the 

 length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth aboxx- in the adult, warty in the young ; a glandu- 

 lar fold above the tympanum ; lower parts smooth. 



Olive above, spotted with black, or black with pale olive 

 markings; limbs with dark cross-bands ; hinder side of thighs with 

 a black reticulation. lyower par ts white. 



]Male unknown. 



Tadpole with a large ventral adhesive disc, free on the borders, 

 truncate in front. Tail pointed, twice as long' as the body, the 

 dorsal crest not extending to the base of the muscular part. Beak 

 black, with feebly denticulate edge ; lip large, with 3 uninterrupted 

 upper and 2 pairs of lower series of horny teeth in front and 2 un- 

 interrupted and I narrowly interrupted series behind. 



Measuyements, in )nilli metres. 



From suout to vent . . . . • • 5^ millim. 



Head . . . . . . . . -19 



Width of head .. .. .. ..21 



Snout . . . . . . . . . . 6 



Eye .. .. .. .. ..7 



Interorbital width . . . . . . . . 5 



Tjmipanum . , . . . . . . 2'5 



