444 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIII. 
RANA LIMNOCHARIS MYSORENSIS var. nov. (sub-genus Rana). 
Vomerine teeth in oblique series between the choane, beginning about the 
middle of these orifices, meeting in the median line and not extending beyond 
their posterior borders. 
Habit.—Body slender with not a well-marked waist. | 
Head as long as broad, moderately depressed: snout pointed, slightly 
projecting beyond the mouth, longer than the diameter of the eye. Canthus 
rostralis obtuse : loreal region oblique and slightly concave. Nostrils nearer the 
tip of the snout. Internasal width equals the interorbital space which is 
much less than the upper eyelid. Tympanum distinct, } to 3 the diameter 
of the eye and nearly twice its distance from the latter. 
Fore limbs.—Fingers blunt, long and slender ; first longer than the second; third 
as long as or a little longer than the snout. Subarticular tubercles well devel- 
oped and very prominent ; the base of the second and third fingers usually swollen 
into round tubercular prominences. 
Hind limb long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching nearly the tip of the 
snout : heels very broadly overlap when the limbs are folded at right angles to 
the body. Tibia about four times as long as broad ; 14 to 12 in length from 
snout to vent: about 3 the length of the foot. Toes slightly swollen at the 
tips, less than half-webbed, two segments of the fifth, three of the fourth and 
two of the others are free. Outer metatarsals nearly free. Subarticular 
tubercles shovel-shaped or discoidal and very prominent. Tarsal fold well 
developed in the distant half. Inner metatarsal tubercle about + or less than 
x the length of the inner toe. A fairly big rounded outer metatarsal tubercle 
not confluent with the dermal fold of the outer toe. 
Skin.—Upper parts with longitudinal cutaneous folds from behind the head 
right up to the end of the body, with shorter broken folds between. Sides with 
warty tubercles, sometimes tipped with cornified minute spines. No fold 
across the head behind the eyes. A strong curved glandular fold from the eye 
to the shoulder. Abdomen corrugated. Throat and chest smooth. Thighs 
free from granules. 
Colour.—Olive-brown or green above with a distinct narrow or broad yellow 
vertebral band: the upper surface is blotched; a V-shaped dark band between 
the eyes ; dark bands radiate from the eyes and a white streak from the posterior 
border of the eye to the shoulder passing through the lower half of the tympanum. 
The abdomen is yellow. Throat and chest beautifully marbled or powdered 
black. Lips blotched or the lower lip with a series of white vertical bands sep- 
arated by very dark areas, sometimes producing a festoon-like arrangement. 
Limbs barred. Hinder surface of thighs marbled. 
Locality,—Water courses in the forests of Jog, Shimoga, Mysore State, 
4,000—5,000 feet. 
This local race is to be assigned to the group Rana tigrina. 
Miss Procter who examined a specimen of this frog writes as follows ; “‘ It 
does not disagree in any particular with R. limnocharis. There is, however, 
certainly something about its tout-en-semble which differs from the majority 
of our specimens. Several specimens here have equally short webs and several 
have the broad vertebral band associated with longitudinal glandular folds, in- 
stead of the commoner warts. A male andafemale from Sikkim have similar, 
but less strongly marked ventral corrugations. Possibly yours is a local race.” 
This local race of which I have several examples though unfortunately most 
are under 3lmm. differs from R. limnocharis forma typica and its known 
varieties in having a smaller tympanum in relation to the diameter of the eye, 
in the proportions of the length and breadth of the tibia, and the ratio of the 
former to the total length of body and being shorter than the foot. The absence 
of any fold behind the head and non-granulate thighs add to the distinctive 
character. 
