445 



9. Rana liebigii. 



Megalophrys gigas, Slyth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, 1854, p. 299 (nee Rana 



gigas, Law.). 

 Kana liebigii, Gilnth. P. Z. 8. 1830, p. 157, pi. xxviii, fig. A ; id. 



Rept. B. 1. p. 407 ; Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 21. 

 Rana sikimensis, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 83. 

 Rana gammii, Anders. J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 21. 

 ? Rana vicina, Stoliczka, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 130. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups extending a little 

 beyond the hinder edge of the choanae. Head moderate, much 

 depressed ; snout very short, rounded ; canthus rostralis indistinct ; 

 interorbital space nearly as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 rather small, hidden. Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond 

 second ; toes moderate, truncated or slightly swollen at the end, 

 entirely webbed ; no tarsal fold ; subarticular tubercles not much 



Fig. 131. Nuptial excrescences of Rana liebigii. (Cat. Batr. Sal. B. M.) 



developed; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, not very prominent; no 

 outer tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout, or beyond. Skin smooth above, seldom warty ; a strong fold 

 above the tympanum ; a narrow glandular fold on each side of the 

 back. Brown above ; a black line on the canthus rostralis and on 

 the temporal region ; lateral folds black-margined ; legs indistinctly 

 cross-barred. Male with internal vocal sacs ; during the breeding- 

 season remarkable on account of the extreme thickness of the arms 

 and of the patches of spinose warts on the breast, the inner side of 

 the arms, and the inner fingers. 



From snout to vent 5 inches. 



Hob. Himalayas, between 4000 and 10,000 feet. Common in 

 Sikhim. 



10. Rana sternosignata. 



Rana sternosignata, Murray, A. M. N. H. (5) xvi, 1885, p. 120. 

 Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups extending beyond 



