194. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES  [Proc. 47H Ser. 
The back usually is unicolor, but may have indefinite dark or light mark- 
ings. The dorso-lateral fold may be light more or less edged with black 
(sometimes a complete line, sometimes only a few black dots), or the light 
streak may be absent. The edge of the lip is dark, but above this is a light 
streak, much more definite in some specimens than in others, which is con- 
tinued on to the postoral tubercles. A dark line usually extends from the 
snout through the nostril, along the canthus rostralis and edge of upper 
eyelid to join the black edge of the dorso-lateral fold. The sides and 
limbs are lighter than the back. The former are spotted or blotched, and 
the latter are cross-barred with black or dark brown. There is a whit- 
ish pineal spot. 
INmber Veen Nie a Layee 22825 22827 22822 22820 
Snout/to vente sce esc ne mm. 48 69 88 99 
Width ori head (eu ianni ty cin Lins 17 2205 30 34 
Distance between nostrils ..... 58) 7 8.5 10 
Distance bet. nostrils and eyes 5 6 7 8.5 
Diameter of eye .............. 8 10 12 
Diameter of tympanum ...... S48) 4.5 4.8 6 
Interorbitaliispace) viens e 4 Se. 6.5 9 
Hone legs aroun GROEN es 31 44 51 59 
Width of largest finger disk.... 1.3 1.8 2 2 
Hind leg, vent to tip of longest 
OSH RUS O TR ite ol en ah ae 89 116 141 157 
PRD IEA Mie hen ae Ve hu ee ae ater ke 29 36 45 52 
Metatarsal tubercle ........... 2 3 4 5 
In one of the smaller specimens the tibio-tarsal joint reaches quite to 
the end of the snout. 
Rana namiyei Stejneger 
An excellent series of twenty-two specimens of this frog 
is now at hand from Nago, Okinawa. 
These specimens agree in almost every particular with the 
description given by Dr. Stejneger: A few points of varia- 
tion may be noted. The tooth-like prominences in the lower 
jaw are farther apart than indicated in the figure, and between 
them on the median line is a smaller prominence. The head 
may be as wide as Stejneger states but, especially in the 
younger specimens, may be considerably (diameter of orbit) 
narrower. ‘The nostrils may be a little anterior to the point 
midway between the eye and the end of snout. The interorbital 
Space may be one and one-half or only one and one-fourth 
times as wide as the upper eyelid. The length of the meta- 
tarsal tubercle usually is considerably shorter than the dia- 
meter of the eye. The tibio-tarsal joint may not reach the 
eye; it usually reaches the posterior border of the eye, but may 
extend to the anterior border. ‘The heels usually are as de- 
scribed by Stejneger, but they may nearly meet. The skin 
