207 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups or short series 

 in the middle between the choanae. Head slightly longer than 

 broad; snout obtusely pointed, somewhat projecting, as long 

 as the eye or a little longer; canthus rostralis angular, straight ; 

 loreal region a little oblique, concave ; nostril somewhat nearer to 

 tip of snout than to eye; interorbital space as broad as or a 

 little narrower than to the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, 

 about -'3 the width of the eye. Fingers with small, toes 

 with a little larger oval disks; first finger longer than second 

 and fourth ones; toes nearly entirely webbed, two phalanges of 

 fourth one free ; outer metatarsals separated nearly to the base ; 

 subarticular tubercles prominent, oval ; a small, oval inner and 

 a small, round outer metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold; the 

 heel reaches the eye or between eye and nostril ; tibia half 

 the length of head and body or a little shorter; when the 

 hind limbs are folded at right angles to the body, the heels 

 are overlapping. 



Skin smooth or finely granulated, sometimes with small 

 warts, above ; posterior surface of thighs granulate ; a mode- 

 rately broad dorsolateral fold, a less distinct fold above the 

 tympanum and a fold from below the eye to the shoulder, 

 followed by a small glandule. Lower parts smooth. 



Olive or chestnut-brown above, the glandular fold not lighter ; 

 sides of head and body dark brown to blackish ; a white 

 streak along the upper lip, extending backwards to the shoulder; 

 limbs with dark cross-bars; posterior surfaces of thighs yellow, 

 marbled with dark brown or black ; white beneath, uniform 

 or spotted or marbled with blackish brown. Length JJ mm. 



Male with two large external vocal sacs and a large flat 

 gland on the arm. 



Habitat: N.E.-New Guinea? '). — Bismarck arch.; Solomon 

 islands. 



33. Rana grisea v. Kamp. 



} Rana novae-britanniae (part.) Werner, Verh, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, LI, 1901, p. 614. 

 Rana grisea v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 19 13, p. 460, pi. XI, fig. 3. 

 Rana grisea Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XX, pt. 5, 1914, p. 250. 

 Rana ^rwa Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 185. 



Rana grisea var. ceraniensis Smith and Procter, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) VII, 

 1921, p. 353- 



i) According to Werner (Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, LI, igoi,p.6i4); these 

 specimens, however, perhaps belong to R. papiia or grisea. 



