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kana javanica Annandale, jrn. Feder. Malay States Mus., VII, 1917, p. 10^. 

 Rana nicobaricnsis Boulenger, Rec. Ind. Mus., XX, 1920, p. 162. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups or short series between 

 the choanae or extending a little beyond their hinder borders. 

 Head longer than broad ; snout more or less pointed, pro- 

 jecting, as long as to nearly twice the length of the upper 

 eyelid; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region nearly vertical, 

 concave; nostril nearer to tip of snout than to eye; interorbital 

 space as broad as to about i ^2 times the width of the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum distinct, ^/g to ''/g the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers and toes slender, with small, but distinct disks, first 

 finger extending beyond second, which is shorter than fourth; 

 toes '/j to Ya webbed ; first and second toe nearly free or 

 webbed to the tip of the first phalanx; of the third and fifth 

 toe two phalanges may be free or the web may reach to the 

 disks; of the fourth toe 2 or 3 phalanges are free; outer 

 metatarsals separated nearly to the base ; subarticular tubercles 

 distinct; a small, oval inner, and a round outer metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no tarsal fold ; the heel reaches the nostril or the 

 tip of the snout; tibia 7-2 to ^s the length from snout to 

 vent; when the hind limbs are folded at right angles to the 

 body, the heels are strongly overlapping. 



Smooth or finely granular above, back and sides sometimes 

 with a few small warts ; a narrow or moderately broad dorso- 

 lateral fold; another fold from the upper lip to below the 

 tympanum, followed by a wart; posterior part of thighs gra- 

 nulate; smooth beneath. 



Greyish or reddish brown above, uniform or with dark spots, 

 which in the middle of the back may be united into a more or 

 less distinct longitudinal streak, bifurcating in the sacral region 

 sides of head and usually of body also dark brown or black 

 a white streak along the upper lip ; dorsolateral folds whitish 

 a light vertebral line may be present; hind limbs with dark 

 cross-bars, posterior surface of thighs spotted with dark ; whitish 

 beneath, uniform or spotted with brown ; an oblique brown 

 streak on the shoulder. From snout to vent 55 mm. 



Male with internal vocal sacs and a flat, oval gland on the 

 upper arm. 



The Javanese specimens [R. javanica Horst) are generally 

 distinguished especially by a narrow web between the toes, 

 great length of the snout and broad interorbital space ; after 

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