38 EANID^. 



belly. Male with two internal vocal sacs. Otherwise like B. 

 escnlenta. 

 China. 



a. Many spec, S $ • Shanghai. R. Swinhoe [C.]. 



6, c-d. 5 & Jg"- Chusau. 



e-f. Yg. " ' Chusan. East-India Company [P.]. 



g-i. 2 . Kingpo. 



k-l. <S $• Formosa. 



m. $ • Formosa. M. Dickson, Esq. [P.]. 



39. Rana esculenta. 



Pana esculenta, Gi'ntth. Cat. p. 12. 

 Rana yiridis, lilisel, Hist. lian. p. 53, pis. 13-16 ; Linn. Faun. 8uec. 



p. 94; Shatv, Zool. iii. p. 10-3, pi. 31; Du7n. Sf Bihr. p. 343; Lataste, 



Herp. Gir. p. 224. 

 esculenta, Linn. S. N. i. p. 357; Law. Si/n. Bept. p. 31 ; Midi. 



Zool. Dan. Prodr. p. 35 ; Meyer, Syn. Bept. p. 12 ; Sturm, DeutscJd. 



Fuun. iii. Heft 1 ; Donnd. Zool. Beitr. iii. p. 55 ; Daud. Bain. p. 46, 



pi. 15. f. 1, and Bept. viii. p. 90 ; Cuv. B. A. ; Merr. Tent. p. 176 ; 



Eiehw. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 1(56 ; Wayl. Syst. A7nj}h. p. 203 ; Bonap. 



Faun. Bal. ; Holandre, Faun. Moselle, p. 220 ; Schinz, Faun. Helv. 



p. 14'3 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 79 ; Bell, Brit. Bept. p. 110 ; Massalonyo, 



Erj). Veron. p. 47; Steindaehn. Novara, Amph. p. 16 ; Koch, Ber. 



Send;. Ges. 1872, p. 135; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 312; Be Betta, 



Faun. Bal, Bett. Anf. p. 63 ; Boeitger, Abh. Sench. Ges. 1874, p. 165 ; 



Schreiher, Herp. Fur. p. 177 ; Leydig, An. Batr. p. 104 ; Lessotia, 



Atti Ac. Ztncei, Mem. CI. Sc.-Jis. i. p. 1050, pi. 1. 



ridilmnda, Pallas, Ber. 



maritima, Bisso. Hist. Kat. Fur. mer. iii. p. 92 ; Bonap. I. c. ; 



Girard, TJ. S. Fxpt. Exped., Herp. p. 25, pi. 2. f. 7-12. 



hispanica, Micltctli. Isis, 1830, p. 160 ; Bonap. I. c. 



calcfirata, Jficluih. I. c. ; Tschudi, I. c. p. 80, pi. 1. f. 1. 



cachinans, Pallas, Zoogr. Lioss.-As. iii. p. 7, pi. 1 ; Eicrnv. Zool. 



Casp. Cam: p. 136, pi. 30. 

 — - — caucasica. Pall. I. c. 



dentpx, Kri/niclxi, Bull. Mosc. iii. p. 03, pi. ii. 



■ tigiina, Eiclnv. I. c. 



Pelopliylax esculentus, Fitzing. Syst. Bept. i. p. 31. 

 hispanicus, Fitzii^g. Sitz. Ac. Wien, xlii. p. 414. 



Yomerine teeth in two slightly ohlique groups between the choanse. 

 Head moderate; snout rounded or suliacuininate ; interorbital space 

 much nari'ower than the upper eyelid ; tynijiaiium distinct, about 

 two thirds the size of the e^-e. Fingers moderate, first extending 

 a little beyond second ; toes entirely webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 of fingers and toes well developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle very 

 variable, either blunt or compressed, shovel-shaped, much shorter 

 than, or nearly as long as, the first toe ; a small outer metatarsal 

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

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. A 

 very prominent glfindular latei'al fold. Uj^per parts more or less 

 spotted or marbled with dark brown or black ; generally three light 



