RANA. 459 



spotted, sides dark brown ; glandular fold whitish, black-margme J ; 

 upper lip whitish with a dark margin ; limbs with dark cross bands ; 

 whitish beneath, the throat and breast nearly covered with brown 

 spots leaving a median line immaculate. Male with internal vocal 

 sacs and an oval flat gland on the inner side of the arm. 



Prom snout to vent 2 inches. 



Hub. Dacca, Khasi Hills, Burma. 



34. Rana nicobariensis. 



Jlylorana mcobariensis, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, pt. 2, 



p. 150, pi. ix, fig. 2. 

 Rana nicobariensis, Bouleng. A. M. N. H. (5) xvi, 1885, p. 389. 



Very closely allied to the preceding, but head longer, and toes 

 barely two-thirds webbed. Skin of back granulate. Back usually 

 spotted or marbled with blackish. 



from snout to vent 2 inches. 



Hob. Nicobars, Nias, Sumatra. 



35. Rana temporalis. 



PRana flavescens, Jerdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1854, p. 531. 

 Hylorana temporalis, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 427, pi. xxvi, fig. G. 

 Rana temporalis, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 63. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series extending beyond the level 

 of the hinder edge of the choanae. Head depressed, a little longer 

 than broad ; snout subacuminate, prominent, as long as the diameter 

 of the orbit or slightly longer ; canthus rostralis angular ; loreal 

 region nearly vertical, strongly concave ; interorbital space as broad 

 as the upper eyelid or rather broader ; tympanum very distinct, as 

 large as the eye or a little smaller. Fingers moderate, first extending 

 beyond second ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and 

 toes dilated into well developed disks ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, blunt ; a small round, 

 outer metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the nostril, the tip of the snout, or a little beyond. 

 Skin smooth or finely granulate above ; a narrow glandular lateral 

 fold. Brown above ; loreal and temporal regions, and sometimes 

 also the sides of the body, dark brown ; a white labial band ; limbs 

 with dark cross bands ; lower parts white, throat and breast more 

 or less speckled with brown. Male with internal vocal sacs and 

 an oval flat gland on the inner side of the arm. , 



From snout to vent 3 - 2 inches. 



Ha b. Anaimalai Hills and Ceylon. 



36. Rana margariana. 



Hylarana margariana, Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 84(>, 



pi. Ixxviii, fig. 4. 

 Rana margariaua, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 58. 



