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from beneath the eye to the shoulder, followed by one or two glan- 

 dules. Upper part of the head and back bright rinaceous red, some- 

 times with a few black specks ; sides of head and body and upper 

 part of limbs blackisb brown, the latter beautifully marbled with 

 whitish ; flanks with a series of white spots, sometimes confluent ; a 

 white line on the upper lip ; beneath whitish, immaculate or brown- 

 spotted, the, spots sometimes covering nearly entirely the throat and 

 breast. 



Malabar ; Bombay. 



a. Several spec. : $ , hgr., & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. 



h, c-d. Hgr. Matherau. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



83. Eana galamensis. 

 Eana galamensis, Dum. 8^ Bibr. p. 367. 



Habit and proportions of R. maJaharica. Series of vomerine 

 teeth longer and wider apart ; web between the toes shorter ; sub- 

 articular tubercles less developed ; glandular lateral fold narrower 

 and more prominent ; a single metatarsal tubercle. Brown above ; 

 loreal and temporal regions black ; a white line round the upper 

 lip ; another white, black-edged line along each side of the body ^ 

 hinder side of thighs black- and white-marbled ; throat and chest 

 brownish grey. 



Senegal. 



84. Rana curtipes. 



Eana curtipes, Jerdun, Journ. As. Soc. xxii. p. 632. 

 Pachybatrachus robustus-, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 557. 

 Clinotarsus robustus, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 227. 

 Hylorana cm-tipes, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 83. 



Vomerine teeth scarcely developed, sometimes indistinct, in two 

 slightly oblique series on a level with the hinder edge of the choanae. 

 Head large ; snout short, rounded, with well-marked canthus ros- 

 tralis ; interorbital space broader than upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, as large as the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending 

 beyond second ; toes rather short, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes swollen ; subarticular tubercles much developed ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval ; a rather large, flat tubercle 

 at the base of the fourth toe. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. A 

 moderately prominent glandular lateral fold ; another behind the 

 tympanum to the shoulder. Grey or brown above, with or without 

 blackish dots ; lateral fold margined with blackish ; a blackish 

 oblique spot below the eye ; light brown beneath, the throat some- 

 times dark brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



The recently transformed young have on each side of the back, 



