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slightly larger than those of fingers. Subarticular tubercles very weak; a 

 weak inner and no outer metatarsal tubercle. Skin above smooth, below smooth 

 on chest, but granular on throat and strongly granular on belly. An external 

 vocal sac in male. Color in alcohol: blue above with ocelli of dark brown, 

 their centres brick-red. Throat dusky gray. Belly and inner side of limbs 



white, with many dark spots. 



Color in life: "green above, with ocelli of brown, with reddish centres. 

 Inner side of thighs buff. Lower surfaces chrome-yellow" (W. R. Zappey). 



The surmise from its structure that this was a ground-inhabiting form was 

 confirmed by Mr. Zappey, who tells me that it was taken above tree line among 

 low bushes and grass about two feet high. 



RANIDAE. 



RANA TIGERINA Daudin. 



DAUDIN, Hist. nat. rain., 1803, fol. ed., p. 42; quarto ed., pt. 20, p. 64; Hist. nat. rept., 1803, 8, p. 125. 

 STEJNEGEK, Bull. 58, U. S. N. M., 1907, p. 139-142. 



The forty-four specimens of this common and wide-ranging frog show no 

 appreciable difference from specimens taken in India and Burma. As Bengal 

 was the type locality for the species, this fixes beyond doubt the identity of the 

 Chinese individuals. Stejneger states that Formosan specimens agree with 

 Chinese from Hong Kong. Van Kampen (Max Weber's Zool. ergeb., 1907, 

 4, 2, p. 388, pi. 16, fig. C.) has separated examples from Celebes under the name 

 of R. t. angustopalmata. This is probably a distinct species. The Bornean 

 species is Rana schlueteri Werner. Specimens from Java show other differences, 

 as do also those from the Malay peninsula; and those from the Philippines are 

 recognizable as Rana vittigera Weigmann. 



Though of high interest and importance a complete study of this species 

 is impossible owing to the lack of adults from the various localities. They are 

 extremely shy. In this Ichang series not one is fully adult. I have taken 

 specimens throughout the range of the species but have adults from Java only. 

 The Museum has some from India. 



