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uniform or speckled \vith darker ; hnmerus not coloured ; only the 

 outer finger and toe coloured ; a large black spot on each side 

 behind the arm, generally followed by a smaller one; lower parts 

 white. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 2-5 inches. 



ffab. Khasi Hills ; Assam. 



56. Rhacophorus malabaricus. 



Bhacophonu malabaricus, Jenlon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 84 ; SouJeng. 

 Cat. Bad: Sal. p. 90, fig. 



Yomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series 

 touching the inner front edge of the choana?. Snout subacuminate, 

 as long as the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis obtuse : 

 loreal region concave ; nostril nearer the end of the snout than the 

 eye ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 three fifths or two thirds the diameter of the orbit. Fingers and 

 toes webbed to the disks, which equal the tympanum ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 eye or the nostril. Skin finely granular above, more coarsely 

 beneath ; granules under the thighs intermixed with larger ones : 

 outer border of forearm and tarsus with a dermal fold; heel with 

 a triangular dermal process. Green above (purple in spirit), often 

 speckled all over with blackish ; lower parts whitish. 



From snout to vent 4 inches. 



Hal. Malabar. 



57. Rhacophorus beddomii. 

 Rhacophorus beddornii, Boulettg. Cat. Satr. Sal. p. 468. 



Yomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choaua3, and 

 extending backwards a little beyond them. Snout subtriangular ; 

 canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril 

 equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; iuterorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum two fifths the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes webbed to the disks, which 

 are as large as the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the anterior border of the eye. 

 Upper surfaces with very small smooth tubercles ; a fold from the 

 eye to the shoulder ; a slight fringe along the forearm and tarsus ; 

 beneath granular. Light reddish brown above, indistinctly 

 variegated with grey ; hind limbs rather indistinctly cross-barred 

 with grey. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1-9 inches. 



Hab. Calcad Hills, Tinuevelly (3000 feet). 



58. Rhacophorus lateralis. 

 Rhacophorus lateralis, Bouhng. A. .V. N. H. (5) xii, 1883, p. 162. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series between the choana3. 



