240 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on 



less overlapping ; tibia 2 or a little over 



2 times in length from snout to vent . . 7. R. krefftii, Blgr. 



b. Male with vocal sacs internal, exceptionally external but feebly 

 developed ; no gland on inner side of arm. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching nostril, tip 

 of snout, or beyond ; heels strongly over- 

 lapping; tibia" 1| to If times in length 

 from snout to vent 8. R. pa/ma, Less. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching eye or be- 

 tween eye and nostril ; heels feebly over- 

 lapping ; tibia 2 to 2\ times in length 

 from snout to vent 9. R. daemeli, Stdr. 



Synonymy and Distribution. 



1. Rana grunniens. 



Rana grunniens, Daud. Hist. Rain. Gren. Crap. p. 65, pi. xxi. (1803), 



and Hist. Kept. viii. p. 127 (1803) ; Dam. & Bibr. Erp. Gem viii. 



p. 380 (1841); Giinth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 10 (1858) : Bouleng. Cat. 



Batr. Ecaud. p. 23 (1882), and Tr. Zool. Soc. xx. 1914, p. 240. 

 Rana subsaltans, Gravenh. Delic. Mus. Vratisl., Batr. p. 35, pi. vii. 



(1820). 

 Rana hydromcdusa (Kuhl), Tschudi, Class. Batr. pp. 40, 80 (1838). 

 Rana macrodon (non D. & B.), van Kampen, Nova Guinea, ix., Zool. 



p. 458 (1913). 



Hab. Java (?), Amboina (type), and Dutch New Guinea. 



2. Rana hufoniformis. 



Rana hufoniformis, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 210, and Tr. 

 Zool. Soc. xii. 1886, p. 47, pi. viii, 



Hab. Solomon Islands (Treasury [type] and Faro). 



3. Rana opisthodon. 



Rana opisthodon, Bouleng-, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 211, and Tr. Zool. 



Soc. xii. 1886, p. 50, pi. x. 

 ? R<tna ventricosus, T. Vogt, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl. 1912, p. 8. 



Hab. Solomon Islands (Treasury and Faro). — It. ventri- 

 cosa, which, according to the description, differs only in 

 having the toes entirely webbed, is from Lambassa. 



4. Rana guppyi. 



Rana guppyi, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 211, and Tr. Zool. 

 Soc. xii. 1886, p. 48, pi. ix. 



Hab. Solomon Islands (Shortland [type], Faro, New 

 Georgia, Guadalcanal", Rubiana, Isabel). 



