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43- Rana erythraea (Schlg.). 



Hyla erythraea Schlegel, Abbild. neuer oder unvollst. bek. Amph., Diisseldorf, 



1837—44, p. 27, pi. IX, fig. 3. 

 Limnodytes erythraeiis Dutireril et Bibron, Erpet. gen., Paris, VIII, 1841, p. 511, 



pi. LXXXVIII, figs. I, \a. 

 Rana erythraea Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 65 (with fig. of hand). 

 Rana erythraea Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1896, p. 902, pi. XLV, fig. 2. 

 Rana erythraea v. Kampen, Weber's Zool. Ergebn., Leiden, IV, 1907, p. 390 



(tadpole). 

 Rana erythraea v. Kampen, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indie, LXIX, 1909, p. 35 (tadpole). 

 Rana erythraea Boulenger, Vert. Fauna Malay Penins., Kept, and Batr., London, 



1912, p. 241. 

 Rana erythraea Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 152. 



Vomerine teeth in two short oblique series between the 

 choanae. Head as long as broad; snout obtusely pointed, pro- 

 jecting, as long as or a little longer than the upper eyelid ; 

 canthus rostralis strong; loreal region feebly oblique, concave; 

 nostril hearer to the end of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital 

 space as broad as or a little broader than the upper eyelid; 

 tympanum very distinct, -/g to nearly once the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers and toes with small disks, first finger not or 

 slightly extending beyond second ; toes rarely Y4' usually 

 entirely webbed, the web reaching all disks, but deeply emar- 

 ginate between the toes; outer metatarsals separated nearly 

 to the base; subarticular tubercles well developed; a small, 

 oval inner, no outer metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal fold ; heel 

 reaching the tip of the snout; tibia half the length from snout 

 to vent, or a little more; when the hind limbs are folded at 

 right angles to the body, the heels are strongly overlapping. 



Skin smooth; a rather broad glandular dorsolateral fold; an 

 other fold from beneath the eye to the shoulder, followed by 

 a strong gland; posterior surface of thighs granular. 



Bright or dull green or yellowish brown above (rufous brown 

 or greyish blue in spirit); a dark brown stripe along each 

 side of head and body may be present; dorsolateral fold and 

 border of lips white or yellowish white; tympanum reddish 

 brown; limbs marbled with brown, without cross-bars; white 

 beneath. From snout to vent 78 mm. 



Terminal phalanges with feebly expanded tips. 



Male with internal vocal sacs, without humeral glands. 



Essentially a water frog, living nearly always at low elevations. 



Tadpole. — Length of body about i^^ times its width; 



