197 



Tadpole. — Length of body once and a half its width and 

 more than half the length of the tail, which is 3 to 4 times as 

 long as deep. Nostril nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 eye ; eyes superior, nearer to the end of the snout than to the 

 spiraculum, the distance between them at least twice that between 

 the nostrils, and much larger than the width of the snout; 

 spiraculum sinistral, directed upwards and backwards, visible 

 from above and from below, nearer to the vent than to the tip of 

 the snout; vent dextral, close to the lower edge of the sub- 

 caudal crest. Tail acutely pointed, the upper crest convex, 

 about equal in depth to the lower one, not extending on the back. 



Sides and lower border of lips bordered with papillae ; jaws 

 broadly edged with black ; series of teeth 4 ' 4 / 1 3 i or 5 " 5 ' 1 3 i , 

 inner series of lower lip very narrowly interrupted. 



Younger larvae blackish brown above, white beneath, tail 

 mottled with grey; the older ones have the upper parts brown, 

 mottled with darker, the sides and lower parts yellow, mottled 

 with brown, the tail mottled brown and yellow. Length jj mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu ! ; Koung, Br. N.-Borneo; 

 Akar riv. and Matang, Serawak). — Malay Peninsula, up to 

 1200 m. ; Philippines'). 



25. Rana debussyi v. Kamp. 



Rana debussyi v. Kampen, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. -Indie, LXIX, 1909, p. 23, pi. I, fig. 3. 



Ratta debussyi v. Kampen, ibid., p. 40 (tadpole). 



Rana debussyi Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 184, 



Vomerine teeth in two short, oblique series between the 

 choanae. Head longer than broad; snout rounded, projecting, once 

 and a half as long as the eye; canthus rostralis rathef sharp; 

 loreal region somewhat oblique; nostril a little nearer to the tip 

 of snout than to the eye ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, -'.^ the diameter of the eye. 

 Disks of fingers and toes small, but distinct, those of toes a 

 little larger; first finger extending beyond second ; toes webbed 

 at the base, the web reaching only the proximal subarticular 

 tubercles; only between fourth and fifth toe it reaches a little 

 farther, at the fifth toe almost to the second tubercle; sub- 

 articular tubercles well developed ; a small, oblong inner, and 



i) According to; De Elera, Calalogo Sist. de toda la Fauna de Filippinas, I, 

 1895, p. 448, 



