2. RANA. 29 



G. H. K. Thwaites, Escj. [P.]. 



M. Mouhot [C.J. 



Dr. Ploem [C.]. 



Mrs. Lvon [P.]. 



L. I.. Dillwyn, Esq. [P.]. 



20. Rana verrucosa. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Rana verrucosa, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soe. 1875, p. 567. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choante. Head 

 moderate ; snout rather pointed ; interorbital space two thirds the 

 width of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds the size 

 of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending much beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed; subarticular tubercles of 

 fingers and toes very prominent ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, 

 compressed, hardly half as long as the first toe ; a small, rounded, 

 outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Upper parts with numerous very prominent warts and short 

 glandular folds. Grey or brown above, darker spotted ; hinder side 

 of thighs black, white-marbled ; sometimes a broad light vertebral 

 stripe. Male with two internal vocal sacs. 

 Malabar. 



a, b-il. Many spec. : c? , 2 , & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. (Types.) 



21. Rana rufescens. 



Pyxicephalus rufescens, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. 1854, p. 534 ; Gunth. 

 "Mept. Brit. Ind. p. 412. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choanse. Head short ; snoiit rounded ; inter- 

 orbital space half as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 not quite half the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending 

 much beyond second, nearly as long as third ; toes rather slende]-, 

 webbed at the base ; subarticiilar tubercles of fingers and toes 

 moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle compressed, shovel-shaped, one 



