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dilation reaches the tip of the snout or a little beyond. Skin of 

 back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; a strong fold from 

 the eye to the shoulder. Brown above, with rather indistinct 

 darker spots ; rarely uniform pinkish ; sometimes a light vertebral 

 band ; a dark cross band between the eyes ; a black band along 

 the canthus rostralis and a black temporal spot ; limbs more or 

 less distinctly cross-barred ; lower parts uniform whitish. Male 

 without vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 2'5 inches. 



Hob. Forests of Southern India. 



24. Rana semipalmata. 

 Rana semipalmata, Boukng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 50, pi. iv, fig. 3. 



Intermediate between R. beddomii and R. leptodactyla. Dis- 

 tinguished from both by the much larger tympanum, which about 

 equals the eye ; from the former, by the toes, which are only half 

 webbed ; from the latter, by the length of the first finger, which 

 exceeds that of the second, and by the more extensive web between 

 the toes. 



From snout to vent 1-4 inches. 



Hab. Malabar. 



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 25. Rana leptodactyla, 



Polypedates brevipalmatus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 187o, p. 572. 

 Rana leptodactyla, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 57. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups just behind the level of 

 the choanae. A free, pointed papilla on the middle of the tongue. 

 Head moderate, rather depressed ; snout blunt, with moderate 

 canthus rostralis ; interorbital space as broad as, or a little narrower 

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

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending as far as second ; 

 toes one-third or one-fourth webbed ; tips of fingers and toes 

 dilated into small but well-developed disks ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal 

 fold. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the snout or 

 beyond. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; 

 a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive or brownish above, 

 mottled with darker ; a more or less distinct subtriangular dark 

 spot between the eyes, often limited in front by a light cross band ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral band ; a black band along the canthus 

 rostralis, and a black temporal spot ; limbs cross-barred ; beneath, 

 immaculate or spotted with brown, sometimes brown dotted with 

 white. 



From snout to vent 1-3 inches. : 



Hab. Forests of Malabar ; Anaimalais. 



