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KANIDJi;, 



the level of the hinder edge of the choanae. A free, pointed, 

 conical papilla on the middle of the tongue. Head moderate, rather 



Lower surface of foot. 



depressed ; snout obtuse, with moderate canthus rostralis ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as, or somewhat narrower than, the upper 

 e}^elid; tympanum distinct, two thirds the width of the eye. 

 Fingers moderate, first extending slightly beyond second ; toes two- 

 thirds webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; 

 subarticular tubercles well developed ; a single, small, oval, inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches generally beyond the 

 tip of the snout. Skin of the back with short longitudinal glan- 

 dular folds ; a strong glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder ; 

 lower surfaces smooth. Light brown above, indistinctly spotted ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; a dark cross band between the 

 eyes ; a black band along the canthus rostralis and a black temporal 

 spot ; limbs more or less distinctly cross-barred ; beneath immacu- 

 late. Male without vocal sac. 

 W. India. 



a, h, c-(j. Many spec. : Malabar. 



2 , hgi--, & yg- 



h-i. Hgr. Travancore. 



h. Several spec. : S , Sevagheny. 



$,&yg- 



l-n. ?, 



0. Hgr. 



P- 2- 



q. Several spec. 

 r-s. Yg. 



Anamallays. 



Anamallaj's. 



Sevagherry. 



Sevagherry. 

 N. Canara. 



Types of Poly- 

 ■ pedutts hed- 

 domii. 



Col. Beddome 



[C.]. 

 Col. Beddome 



[C.]. 

 Col. Beddome 



[C.]. 

 Col. Beddome 



[c.]. 



CoL Beddome) ^^^^ ^^ p^^^_ 



Col. Beddome ( i'ff' '^'•«- 



Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



75. Rana semipalmata. (Plate IV. fig. 3.) 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups just behind 

 the level of the hinder edge of the choanaj. Tongue with a free 

 conical papilla in the middle. Head moderate, rather depressed ; 

 snout obtuse, with moderate canthus rostralis ; interorbital space 



