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BATRACHIANS 



1. Rana hcndengeri, sp. n. 



This species belongs to that division of the genus of wliicli liana kuhlii 

 anil liana Uchifjii are characteristic fonns. 



Vomerine teeth in two short oblique series, each starting from the 

 inner edge of the choana. Head large, broad, much depressed; snout 

 very short and rounded ; canthus rostralis short but distinct ; upper eye- 

 lid a little broader than the interorbital space ; tympanum hidden. First 

 finger longer than the second ; toes witli swollen extremity, entirely 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 elongate; no outer tubercle. The tibio-tarsal joint does not reach the 

 end of the snout when the limb is carried forward. Skin of the upper 

 parts covered with large elongate warts and small rounded tubercles ; a 

 strong fold of the skin above the tympanum ; no glandular fold on the 

 side of the back. Uniform blackish brown above. Male with two internal 

 vocal sacs. 



As in Bana liehigii, the breeding male has extremely thick forearms, 

 but without any special armature. The rudimentary thumb and the large 

 rounded tubercle on the upper side of the first finger are thickly studded 

 with horny spines, the second and third fingers having similar spines, but 

 less numerous. The whole of the chest is covered with smaller and larger 

 rounded tubercles, each armed with a black conical horny spine, and 

 similar but smaller dermal structures are scattered over the abdomen and 

 also over the throat. 



Two specimens of this large species were sent by Mr. Pratt from 

 Ichang. The length from the snout to the vent is four inches. 



2. Bufo vulgaris. At Ichang and at Kia-tiang-fu (alt. 1,070 ft.). 



3. Megalohatraclius viaximus. One specimen from Kia-tiang-fu (alt, 



1,070 ft.). 



4. Hynobius chinensis, sp. n. 



Allied to the Japanese Hijnohius nebulosus, but with the series of 

 vomerine teeth much shorter, extending backwards only to the middle of 

 the eye-ball. General habit short and stout ; head large, nearly as broad 

 as long, its length being rather more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 trunk. Tail compressed in its whole length, but without crest ; body with 

 eleven lateral folds. The limbs meet when adpressed ; fifth toe well 

 developed ; no carpal or tarsal tubercles. Skin smooth ; gular fold in. 

 distinct. Nearly uniform horny black, the lower parts brownish, finely 

 marbled with darker. 



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