BAXA. 447 



12. Rana andersonii. 



Polvpedates yunnanensis, Anders. An. Zool. Res, Yunnan, p. 843, 



pi. Ixxviii, fig. 3 (nee Rana yunnanensis, ejusd.). 

 Rana audersonii, Bouleng. Cat. Eatr. Sal. p. 55. 



Vomerine teeth in two small, slightly oblique groups on a line 

 with the posterior border of the choanae. Head moderate ; snout 

 moderate, rounded, with obtuse canthus rostralis and subvertical 

 concave lores ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the end of 

 the snout ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; toes 

 moderate, nearly entirely webbed : tips of fingers and toes dilated 

 into very small disks ; subarticular tubercles rather small ; a 

 single, small, inner metatarsal tubercle; no tarsal fold. Tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaching beyond the tip of the snout ; tibia 

 more than half the length of the head and body. Flat warts on 

 the sides of the body ; a fold above the tympanum. Olive above, 

 spotted with black ; limbs with numerous black cross bands ; 

 beneath white, immaculate. Male with two internal vocal sacs. 



Prom snout to vent 3'75 inches. 



Hub. Hotha Valley, Yunnan (5000 feet) ; Kakhyen Hills. 



13. Rana doriae. 



Rana doriae, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) v, 1887, p. 482, pi. viii, 

 fig.l. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups commencing on a 

 line with the hinder edge of the choanae; lower jaw without 

 bony prominences. Head moderate ; snout short, obtuse, about 

 as long as the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; nostril equally distant from the 

 orbit and the end of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds or three fourths the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending a little 

 beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; a feeble 

 cutaneous fringe along the outer side of the fifth toe ; tips of 

 fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles 

 moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, blunt, two thirds 

 the length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle ; a feeble tarsal 

 fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye or the nostril. 

 Skin smooth, or with irregular glandules on the back ; a more or 

 less distinct transverse fold connects the posterior borders of the 

 eyes ; a strong fold from the eye to the shoulder, above the 

 tympanum. Brown above, with small irregular darker spots ; 

 sometimes a yellowish vertebral baud ; a lighter cross band between 

 the eyes, bordered Math darker behind ; lips with vertical dark 

 brown bars ; hind limbs with rather irregular darker cross bands ; 



