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metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold; the heel reaches the tip 

 of the snout or beyond; tibia i% to nearly 2 times in length 

 from snout to vent; when the hind limbs are folded at right 

 angles to the body, the heels are strongly overlapping. 



Skin nearly smooth; posterior half of upper eyelid warty; 

 a fold above the tympanum, and a narrow glandular dorso- 

 lateral fold, beginning behind the upper eyelid. 



Brown or greyish brown above; sides of snout blackish or 

 dark grey, with dark vertical bars on the lips; supratemporal 

 and dorsolateral folds edged with dark brown or black on 

 the outer side ; a dark cross-bar between the eyes and a dark 

 A-shaped marking between the shoulders usually present; limbs 

 with regular dark cross-bands; lower parts whitish, uniform, 

 or throat and breast spotted with brown. From snout to 

 vent 43 mm. 



Male with internal vocal sacs. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu ; Matang and Mt. Pen- 

 rissen, Serawak) ; Celebes (Loka; Tasosso, 1200 m.; Takala 

 mts., 1200 — 1600 m.; Poso; Matinan mts. ; Tomohon; Rurukan ; 

 Mt. Masarang). — Pelawan. 



Subg. b. Discodeles Blgr. 



(BouLENGER, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 238; Rec. Ind. Mus., 

 XX, 1920, p. 109). 



Tongue with a large, obtuse papilla in the middle. Toes, 

 and usually fingers also, with disks, the upper surface of which is 

 separated from the lower one by a groove. Toes strongly webbed. 

 Outer metatarsals bound together or only separated in their 

 distal third. Dorsolateral fold, if present, not confluent with 

 the temporal one. 



Omosternal style forked at the base. 



Distribution: India; Solomon islands. 



II. Rana guppyi Blgr. 



Raiia gufpyi Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884, p. 211. 



Rana gnppyi Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XII, pt. 2, 1886, p. 48, pi. IX. 



Rana guppyi Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 19 18, p. 240. 



Rana guppyi Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 113. 



Vomerine teeth in two short, straight or curved, transverse 

 or slightly oblique series behind the level of the choanae and 

 extending outwards beyond the vertical of their inner edges. 



