RANA MASCAEENIENSIS. 347 
Lataste, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, p. 91 ; Boulenger, id. op. cit. p. 92 ; Peters, Sitzb. 
Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1881, p. 162 ; Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. B. M. 1882, p. 52 & p. 460 ; 
Miiller, Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, p. 130 ; et op. cit. 1884, p. 275 et p. 670 ; et id. op. 
1884, viii. p. 253; Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 51; Heron-Royer & Van Bambeke, 
Arch. Biol. p. 252, pi. xvi. figs. 1-3; Boettger, Cat. Batr. Mus. Senck. 1890, p. 10; Pfeffer, 
Jabrb. Hamb. Wissen. Anst. x. 1893, p. 22 ; Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1894, p. 88; Bocage, 
Herpet. d'Angola et du Congo, 1895, p. 160; Blgr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, (2) xv. (xxxv.) 
1895, p. 16; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 539; Giinther, Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xv. 1895, 
p. 526 ; Blgr. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, (2) xvi. (xxxvi.) 1896, p. 554 ; Anderson, Herpet. 
Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. 110; Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Nat. Ac. Sc. Lisb. (2) iv. no. 14, 1896, 
pp. 80, 96; Blgr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 217; Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, (2) xvii. (xxxvii.) 
1897, pp. 14, 22, 280 ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 801 ; Tornier, Kriechth. Deutseh-Ost-Afr. 
1897, p. 92. 
Rana bibronii, Hallowell, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1845, p. 249; Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. B. M. 1858, 
p. 18 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1863, p. 78. 
Rana fuscigula, var. (non Dum. & Bibr.), Riippell, part., Mus. Senck. iii. 1845, p. 314. 
Rana mossambica, Peters, Bericht Berl. Ak. 1854, p. 626. 
Rana nilotica, Seetzen, Reise durch Syrien, Palast., Aegypt. &c. 1855, iii. p. 490 ; Peters, Mon. 
Berl. Ak. 1863, p. 78; id. op. 1866, p. 891 ; Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1881, p. 162. 
Rana savignyi, Jan, Cenni Mus. Civ. Milano, 1857, p. 52. 
Rana super ciliaris, Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. B. M. 1858, pp. 17 & 132, pi. i. fig. B. 
Rana idee, Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, p. 266, pi. 12. fig. 1. 
Rana nigrescens, Steind. op. cit. p. 268, pi. 12. fig. 2. 
Rana anchieta, Bocage, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 843 ; Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1881, 
p. 162. 
Rana porosissima, Steindach. 1 Novara Arnph. 1867, p. 18, pi. i. fig. 9. 
Rana subpunctata, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisboa, 1868, i. p. 73 ; Herp. d'Angola et du Congo, 1895, 
p. 161. 
Rana abyssinica, Peter, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berl. 1881, p. 163. 
Rana esculenta, part., Miiller, Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, p. 129. 
Rana mascareniensis et var. idee, Miiller, Ver. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, p. 130. 
Rana marchii, Rochebrune, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ix. 1885, p. 90. 
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Vomerine teeth internal to the inner and anterior border of the choanse and in a 
narrow somewhat oblique line ; snout pointed, rather short, its length very variable, 
usually equal to the interval between the eyes anteriorly ; nostril nearer to the extremity 
of the snout than to the eye ; tympanum nearly as large as the eye. First finger 
shorter than the second ; fifth toe longer than the third or subequal ; toes about two- 
thirds webbed ; a small tubercle at the base of the first toe ; hind limbs very variable 
in length ; the tibio-tarsal joint, when the limb is laid forwards, reaches either to or 
1 Conf. Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisboa, xi. 1887, p. 191. 
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