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RANIDiE. 



Synojisis of the Species. 



I. Tympanum hidden. 



A. Fingers two-thirds webbed 9. ocellata, p. 123. 



B. Pingers one-third or half webbed. 



1. Jiorstocl'ii, p. 120. 2. renifcr, p. 120. 3. fulvovittata, p. 121. 



5. mannorata, p. 121. 6. an/us, p. 122. 7. salinrp, p. 123. 



8. lagoensis, p. 123. 11. fiisciguJa, p. 124. 14. tuherilingtds, p. 125. 



16. guttulata, p. 125. 17. hoccifjii, p. 126, 21, microps, p. 127. 



22. nasuta, p. 127, 



C. Fingers not one-third webbed. 



4. ^rii-^^'s, p. 121. 10. co7icoZor, p. 124. 18. rutenhergii, -^.12%. 



19. cincfiventris, p. 126. 20. pusilla, p. 127, 



II, Tympanum distinct, 



12, ?c?cie, p. 124. 13, sieindacJineri, p, 125, 15. reticulata, p. 125. 



1 . Rappia horstockii. 



HT]:)erolius horstocldi, Giinth. Cat. p. 85. 

 Hyla horstociii, Scltleg. Alhild. p. 24. 



Eucnemis horstockii, Ti-c/mdi, Bat): p. 76 ; Duni. (§• £ib): p. 529. 

 Hyperohus horstockii, Steind. Xuvara, Amph. p. 50. 



Snout rounded, as long as or a little longer tlian the orbital 

 diameter ; tympanum hidden. Fingers half webbed ; toes two- 

 thirds webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the 

 tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under 

 the thighs; no strong fold across the chest. Greyish or_ brown 

 above ; a dark, above light-edged, band from the tip of the snout 

 through the eye along each side of the body ; thighs not coloured. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac and an adhesive disk covering the 

 throat. 



S. Africa ; Madagascar. 



a, S. c?$. S.Africa. Sir J. Richardson [P.], 



c. 2 . Cape of Good Hope. 



d. o . Peri Bush. H. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. 

 f . 5 • S.E. BetsileOj Madagascar. 



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2. Rappia renifer. 



Hyperolius renifer, Boettger, Zoul. Anz. 1881, p. 46, and Abh. Ver. 

 Brem. vii. p. 187. 



Head broad, broader than the body ; snout obtuse ; intcrorbital 

 pace grooved ; tympanum hidden. Fingers one-third, toes tliree- 



