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limbs. Hinder sides of thighs marbled, and the ventral surface yellow. Throat 
mottled. In the young, the subocular fold is white and the foot black. 
Bones.—Nasal bones very broad, separated in the middle. Behind, the 
nasals unite with the fronto-parietals. The suture between the frontals and 
the parietals noticeable. The ethmoids exposed ; fronto-parietals and eth- 
moids form the U-shaped ridge which lies below the fold of skin on the head. 
The zygomatic branch of the squamosal equals its posterior branch. The diapo- 
physes of the sacral vertebra are elevated dorsally. The omoosternal style is 
broadly forked. Metasternum very long. 
Locality.—1 and 2 Hill forests of Bhagamandla and 3, 4 and 5 Hills, Somavarpet, 
Coorg, 4,000—4,500 feet. They were all taken near the water courses. My 
colleague Mr. A. Subba Rao recently obtained several specimens of this local 
race from the hills of Kadur, Mysore, 4,000 feet. 
Miss Procter who examined only a single specimen says, “your specimen of 
Rana gracilis agrees well with ones from Ceylon in this collection.”’ An expres- 
sion of opinion like this lead me to scrutinise my examples more thoroughly 
and the conclusion I have arrived at is that they belong to a new local race of 
gracilis. 
Points marked* in the above description are the characters in which all my 
five examples differ from the Ceylon specimens and in order to render the 
position still more clear I give below the measurements of Dr. Boulenger side 
by side with my own. 
Nos. 1 (type) and 2 have been sent to the British Museum and 3 and 4 to the 
Indian Museum. ; 
Rana GRACILIS. NEw VARIETY. 
Dr. Boulenger’s 
Measurements in mms. | measurements of his Central College Specimens. 
five Specimens. 
Snout to vent .. .-| 50) 64) 60] 47) 41]| 75:6) 65-5) 63 33) JIA 
Length of head --| 18/ 22; 19} 16) 15] 26 | 24°35) 25 | 13 {15 
Width of head -«| 16) 19} 19) 15) 14)| 26 | 22-5) 23 | IT “|14 
Snout .. ae = || aes: Nie Ae pak oe 42°5) AT iia BY 
Internasal width EE ce crit rate, Ny tee Acero ares 7 ui 7 4 5 
Interorbital width Bi 4 5} 6 4 4 3|| 8 | eS Bota 5, 
Distance between nost- 
ril and eye .. piteatn newts yea it! Meena ical 6 6 6 4 | 4°5 
Diameter of eye Ayr ol) Teo Oh G1 AGED 8°59) VSO)! GCaae 
a of sca 5 a 5} 64} 4 6 a 5 3 | 3°5 
