BANA. 451 



Hob. A widely distributed species, extending from China and 

 Southern Japan, throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma to the 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. In the Himalayas (Sikhim) it 

 occurs up to 7000 feet. Stoliczka observes that it usually does 

 not hesitate to take to the sea or brackish water. 



18. Rana rufescens. 



Pyxicephalos rufescens, Jerdun, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 534 : Giinth 



Rept. B. I. p. 412. 

 Rana rufescens, Bvideng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 29. 



Voraerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choanae. Head short ; snout rounded, with 

 obtuse canthus rostralis ; interorbital space half as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about half the diameter of the 

 eye. Fingers moderate, first extending much beyond second, 

 nearly as long as third ; toes rather elongate, not quite half 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 large, compressed, shovel-shaped, about two thirds the length of 

 the inner toe ; a small outer metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tympanum or the eye. Skin of the upper 

 parts with large, rounded, very prominent warts. Greyish brown 

 above, indistinctly marbled ; legs transversely barred ; throat 

 brown-spotted, with a M-shaped black patch in the male. The 

 latter with two external subgular vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 1*4 inches. 



Hob. Malabar. 



19. Rana breviceps. 



Rana breviceps, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i, p. 140 ; Bouleng. Cat. Batr. 



Sal. p. 32. 



Rana variegata, Gravenh. Delic. Mus. Vratisl. p. 33, pi. viii, fig. 1. 

 Pyxicephalus fodiens and P. pluvialis, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, 



p. 534. 



Sphserotheca strigata, Giinth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 20, pi. ii, fig. A. 

 Pyxicephalus breviceps, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 411 ; Murray, Zool. 



Sind, p. 399. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choanae. Habit stout. Head short; 

 snout rounded ; occiput swollen ; interorbital space narrower than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about two thirds the dia- 

 meter of the eye. Fingers moderate, obtuse, first extending much 

 beyond second, nearly as long as third ; toes moderate, obtuse, 

 half webbed ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle very large, sharp-edged, shovel-shaped, longer than the 

 inner toe ; no outer tubercle ; no tarsal fold. Hind limbs short, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the axilla or the tympanum. 

 Skin smooth above, or granulate, with some scattered tubercles or 

 short, interrupted longitudinal folds ; a strong fold from the eye 

 to the shoulder ; belly and lower surfaces of thighs granulate. 



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