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EANIDJE. 



26. Rana breviceps. 



Spliserotlieca strigata, Giinth. Cat. p. 20, pi. ii. f . A. 

 Tomopterna delalandii, Giinth. I. c. p. 129. 

 Kana breviceps, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i. p. 142 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. 



Ac. 1863, p. 76. 

 Pjxicephalus fodiens, Jerdxm, Journ. As. Soc. 1854, p. 634. 



plu-\ialis, Jerdun, I. c. 



Tomopterna strigata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 165. 

 Pyxicephalus breviceps, Giinth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 411 ; Theobald, 



Cat. Riqit. As. Soc. Mus. p. 80 ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, 



p. 200. 



Yomerine teeth, in two oblique groups, extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choause. Habit stout. Head short ; snout 

 rounded ; occiput swollen ; interorbital space narrower than the 

 upjjer eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the size of the eye. Fiugers 

 moderate, first extending much beyond second, nearly as long as 

 third; toes moderate, half webbed; subarticular tubercles of fingers 

 and toes moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-shaped, nearly 

 as long as second toe ; no other metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb 

 being carried forwards aloug the body, the metatarsal tubercle 

 reaches the eye, or somewhat bej'ond. Skin of upper parts smooth, 

 with some scattered tubercles. Light brown or olive above, darker 

 marbled ; often a light vertebral stripe, and sometimes another on the 

 upperside of each fiank ; throat of the males blackish, that of the 

 females generally brown-spotted. Male with two much-developed 

 internal subgular vocal sacs. 



India. 



27. Rana dohsonii. (Pxate III. fig. 1.) 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanae. Habit 

 stout. Head large ; interorbital space narrower than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the size of the eye. 

 Fingers moderate, first much longer than second, as long as 

 third ; toes webbed at the base, moderate ; subarticular tubercles 

 of fingers and toes moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel- 

 like, two thirds the length of second toe ; no outer metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the metatarsal tubercle reaches a little beyond the eye. Skin 

 smooth above, granulate on the belly. Grey above, indistinctly 

 marbled with brown ; a deep black vitta along the canthus rostralis 

 through the eye to the shoulder, expanding in a round spot on the 



