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The glandular lateral folds are well developed, their width being 

 at least equal to one-third of an upper eyelid, not seldom, however, 

 attaining the entire breadth of it; the distance between the lateral 

 folds, measured on the scapular region, is contained 435! times 

 in whole length of head and body. 



On the back, on both sides of dorsal line, longitudinal dorsal folds, 

 which vary in length but are always sharply projecting; these are 

 generally disposed in six longitudinal rows, on the anterior part of 

 the back, and in eight on the posterior part of it; breadth of one 

 fold amounts to about half of inter-orbital space, greatest length, to 

 twice the length of the upper eyelid, frequently, however, equal to 

 4/| . The back of one of the specimens found at Pingshiang, besides 

 the usual folds, is covered with innumerable small warts, which make 

 it look unusually warty. 



Chin, throat and fore part of belly smooth; sides of body and lower 

 hind part of thighs alone somewhat granulated, the hind part of 

 belly crosswise slightly wrinkled. 



Color (taken from spirit-specimens): Back brownish olive, 

 sprinkled with black spots; the latter present three main types: 

 either unequally rounded as in our R. esculenta, or lengthwise ex- 

 tended (specimens from Japan) or again are they of such a shape as 

 we never meet with in our R. esculenta viz. in most of the Chinese 

 specimens the black spots widen horizontally. 



The vertebral line is pale blue and varies in breadth; the dorso- 

 lateral folds of same color; on the canthus-rostralis , beginning at the 

 end of snout, passing across the eye, above the tympanum and at 

 the back of it, runs the black stripe which reaches down behind the 

 angle of the mouth; along the outer side of the dorso-lateral folds, 

 the black spots most frequently melt into a single black stripe; on 

 sides of body large, irregular black spots are to be seen, which often 

 unite into a large black stripe between the articulation of the two 

 extremities; the upper edge of the stripe is undulating and from the 

 lower one, following close upon each other, several branches extend 

 towards the belly. The dark spots on the edge of the upper lip 

 never unite into a single dark stripe. 



Upper surface of limbs, tibias, and feet crossed by dark bars. 

 In Japanese specimens we find the dark crossbars of the upper 



