458 



32. Rana curtipes. 



Rana curtipes, Jerdon, J. A. S. JB. xxii, 1863, p. 532 ; Boulcny. Cut. 

 Batr. Sal. p. 61. 



Vomerine teeth scarcely developed, sometimes indistinct, in t\vo 

 slightly oblique series on a level with the hinder edge of the 

 choanae. Head large ; snout short, rounded, with well-marked 

 canthus rostralis and concave loreal region ; nostril nearer to the 

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

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

 Fingers moderate, first extending beyond second ; toes short, nearly 

 entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes swollen or dilated into 

 very small disks ; subarticular tubercles much developed ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle small, oval, blunt ; a rather large, flat tubercle 

 at the base of the fourth toe ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin finely granular above; a 

 moderately prominent, rather narrow glandular lateral fold ; 

 another fold behind the tympanum down to the shoulder. Greyish 

 or brown above, with or without blackish dots ; lateral fold lighter, 

 edged with black ; a blackish oblique spot or band below the eye ; 

 upper lip with a blackish margin ; limbs dark purplish brown, 

 without cross bands ; light brown beneath, the throat sometimes 

 dark brown. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 3*25 inches. 



Hab. Forests of North Canara and Malabar. 



33. Rana tytleri. 



Hylorana tytleri, Theob. Cat. Kept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 84 ; Stoliczka, 



J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, pt. 2, p. 148, pi. ix, fig. 1. 

 Hylorana leptoglossa, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 139. 

 Hylorana pipiens, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 83. 

 ? Hylorana granulosa, Anders. J. A. S. B. si, 1871, p. 23. 

 Eana alticola and R. tytleri, B&uleng. Cut. Batr. Sal. pp. 62, 65. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanae. 

 Head a little longer than broad ; snout a little longer than the 

 diameter of the orbit, more or less acuminate and prominent, with 

 well-marked canthus rostralis and concave loreal region ; nostril 

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

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, as large as 

 the eye or a little smaller. Fingers rather slender, first not extend- 

 ing beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes swollen into small but very distinct disks ; sub- 

 articular tubercles weU developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle very 

 small, scarcely prominent ; a rather indistinct outer metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip of the snout, or a little beyond. A slightly prominent, narrow 

 glandular lateral fold ; another, sometimes indistinct, from behind 

 the tympanum to the shoulder. Light brown above, scarcely or not 



