RANA. 455 



26. Rana diplosticta. 



Ixalus diplos-tictus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 574, pi. Ixiii, fig. C. 

 liana diplostictus, Bouleny. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 58. 



Very closely allied to, and perhaps not different from, the pre- 

 ceding species. The canthns rostralis is rather more angulnr and 

 the loreal region not quite so oblique. A black spot above the 

 loin on each side. 



flab. Malabar. 



27. E-ana phrynoderma. 



Rana phrynoderma, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 462. 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups between the 

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

 Head moderate; snout short, rounded, with indistinct canthus 

 rostralis and concave loreal region j nostril equally distant from 

 the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space narrower than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum moderately distinct, about two thirds 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes rather short, the tips 

 dilated into small but well-developed disks ; first finger not ex- 

 tending as far as second ; toes one-fourth webbed ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; a single, small, oval inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; a slight tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the tip of the snout. Upper parts covered with strong warts of 

 different sizes and short glandular folds ; a strong fold from the 

 eye to the shoulder. Dark greyish brown above, with obsolete 

 darker spots ; limbs with regular cross bars ; beneath brown, 

 dotted with whitish. 



From snout to vent 1*3 inches. 



Hob. Anaimalai Hills. 



28. Rana macrodactyla. 



Hylarana macrodactyla, Giinth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 72, pi. ii, fig. C ; 



id-. Kept. B. I. p. 424. 



Rana macrodactyla, Botdeng. Cut. Batr. Sal. p. 54. 

 ? Hylorana subcoerulea, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 140. 



Yomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanae. 

 Head depressed, longer than broad ; snout long, subacumiiiate ; 

 loreal region nearly vertical, concave ; nostril much nearer to the 

 end of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye. 

 Fingers slender, elongate, first not extending beyond second ; foot 

 nearly as long as the distance between the vent and the tympanum ; 

 toes very slender, half webbed; tips of fingers and toes dilated 

 into very small disks ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small 

 oval inner, and a small rounded outer metatarsal tubercle ; no 

 tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 



