2. RANA. 69 



98. Rana cliloronota. 



PPolypedates smaragdinus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. xxi. p. 355. 

 Polj^edates smaragdinus, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 83 ; Anders. 



■Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 208. 

 chloronotus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 669, pi. 65. 



f. A. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series, commencing on a level 

 with, the hinder edge of the choauae. Head moderate ; snout short, 

 rounded : loreal region vertical, concave : interorbital space as 

 broad as the upper ejx'lid ; tympanum distinct, about half the 

 width of the eye. Fingers moderate, depressed, first extending 

 slightly beyond second ; toes moderate, broadly webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes dilated into large disks, that of the third finger as 

 large as the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles large ; a single, 

 oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried for- 

 wards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond 

 the tip of the snout. Skin smooth ; a glandular fold from beneath 

 the eye to the shoulder, followed by a glandule. Upper surface of 

 the head and back green, generally with a few black spots ; sides of 

 head, body, and limbs dark brown, the latter barred across with 

 blackish ; glandular fold on the lip white ; loins and hind part of 

 the thighs marbled with whitish ; beneath white or yellowish, the 

 throat generally brown -speckled. Male with two external vocal 

 vesicles below the angles of the mouth. 



Himalayas. 



a. Many spec, S $ • Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdon [P.]. 



(Types of Polypedates chloronotus.) 



99. Rana afghana. 



Polypedates afghana, Giinth. Cat. p. 81. 

 Polypedates marmoratus, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. 1856, p. 188 ; 



Anderson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 209, and Anat. Zool. Res. 



Yunnan, p. 842 ; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 108. 



afghana, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 432. 



Amolops afghanus, Cojje, Nat. Hist. Rev, 1865, p. 117. 



Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series behind 

 the choanse. Head moderate ; snout short, rounded ; canthus ros- 

 tralis rounded ; loreal region concave ; interorbital space as broad 

 as the upper eyelid ; tympanum not very distinct, hardly one third 

 the width of the eye. Fingers depressed, first not extending quite 

 so far as second ; toes moderate, entirely webbed ; tips of fingers 

 and toes dilated into very large disks, those of the third and fourth 

 fingers at least twice as large as the tympanum ; subarticular 

 tubercles large ; inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, scarcely pro- 

 minent ; a very indistinct outer tubercle. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 



