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Habit.— Body slender with a waist. 
Head moderate, depressed, the length is to breadth as 6 is to 5: snout 
subacuminate, not projecting beyond the mouth. The snout is nearly as long as 
or only very slightly longer than the diameter of the eye. Canthus rostralis 
distinct, gently sloping towards the tip of the snout : loreal region vertical and 
concave. The interorbital width is equal to the internasal distance and is 
nearly twice the width of the upper eyelid : nostrils nearer to the tip of — the 
snout. Tympanum very distinct half or slightly more than half the diameter 
of the eye. The distance between the eye and the tympanum is less than half 
the diameter of the latter. 
Anterior limbs.—Fingers long and slender, the first equals the second : tips 
of fingers dilated into discs bearing a horse-shoe-shaped groove, separating the 
upper surface from the lower. Subarticular tubercles prominent. No tuber- 
cular swellings on the palm. 
Hind limbs.—Long and slender ; the tibiotarsal articulation reaches between 
the eye and nostril : the heels overlap when the limbs are folded at right angles 
to the body : tibia nearly four times as long as broad, more than half the length 
of the body (from snout to vent), and considerably shorter than the foot : tips 
of toes discoidal and half-webbed : no dermal borders on the first and last toes : 
the third toe is just as long as or only slightly shorter than the fifth. Two 
metatarsal tubercles, both papilla-like, the white outer is at the base of the 
fourth toe ; the inner nearly twice as long as the outer and less than } thelength 
of the first toe. Subarticular tubercles well developed though small. 
Skin.—Upper surface smooth, extremely fine pearly granulations. A frontal 
gland is present. The dorso-lateral glandular fold is moderate : ventral surface 
is smooth: no glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder. A few glandules 
simulating a fold on the shoulder and behind the angle of jaws. 
Colour.—Upper surface bright orange in the adult spirit specimens and pink 
in the live condition: more greyish with mottlings in the younger forms. Sides 
of body and snout dark. Ventral surface yellow, becoming orange on the ° 
lower surface the thighs : abdomen faintly blotched. Both limbs barred. Foot 
black, the jaws are white, throwing the loreal region into strong relief. 
Skull.—Nasal bones are broad and unite with one another and with the 
fronto-parietals ; Omoosternal style forked at base and extending anteriorly 
nearly as far as the corpus lingue : metasternum also long; epi and pre-coracoids 
almost disappear. 
Locality.—Water courses in the forests of Bhagamandla, Coorg, 4,000 feet. 
According to Dr. Boulenger’s scheme this frog would be put in section D, 
R. erythrea. 
Miss Procter who examined two specimens writes thus; ‘“ Possibly a new 
species. They agree well with the description of R. aurantiaca in Dr. Boulenger’s 
monograph, but they are not the same. I have compared them with a specimen 
and find that though they have similar characters and colouration, R. auran- 
tiaca is much more elongate in habit, length of head going 3 in total length 
as against 23.” 
No. 1 (type) presented to the British and No. 2 to the Indian Museum. 
Measurements of Rana bhagmandlensis in mm. 
ia | ae 
From tip of snout to vent su ie ae 30 23°5 | 16 
Length of the head at mes ee ae 12 10 | 6°5 
