IIG F. Stoliczka — Malayan Reptilia and Amphibia. [No. 2, 



Kana ltmnochabis, var. pulla. 

 Comp, Stoliczka, Journ. A. S. B. vol. xxxix. pt. II, 1870, p. 144 



Since the publication of my notes on this variety I have received two 

 other specimens from Penang. The form of the body, the teeth, the structure 

 and general coloration exactly agree with typical lymnocliaris^ except that 

 in one of the specimens the four dark bands on the upper side of the femora 

 are well marked and somewhat narrower than in the other, in which the 

 coloration is typical. In both, the lower lip is spotted and the chin varie- 

 gated with dusky. Neither of the specimens has a dorsal pale streak. 



One of them measures, body 1*35 inch., which is only one tenth less 

 than the distance between the vent and the metatarsal tubercle, the total of 

 the hind-limb being 2 inch., while in a specimen of typical (half-webbed) 

 lymnocliaris of which the body is also only 1"35 inch., the distance between 

 vent and metatarsal tubercle is 1*15 inch, but the total hind-]imb is 2*2 

 inch. Thus in lymnocliaris var. pulla the metatarsal bones are longer and 

 the fourth toe on the contrary much shorter than in t^^pical lymnocliaris. 

 In the former also, as previously noticed, the toes are nearly fully webbed, 

 the web reaching to very near the tip of the third and fifth toes, but only 

 to the base of the penultimate joint of the fourth toe. 



The other specimen has the length of the body 1"3 inches, which is equal 

 to the distance between the vent and the heel, and the total hind-limb is 

 2"17 ; thus very nearly equal to that of lymnocliaris., only differing from 

 it by the fuller webbing, the web reaching fully to the middle of the penul- 

 timate joint of the fourth toe. In this specimen also the tips of the toes are 

 all remarkably swollen. All other characters are exactly as in typical 

 lymnocliaris. 



These variations appear to me to indicate that they are progressive or 

 undergoing certain changes according to the requirements of the animal, and 

 that we are, therefore, not entitled to give them a specific value, unless they 

 become permanent. I look upon this longer-limbed, shorter-toed and fuller- 

 webbed hill form of lymnocliaris- 2c^ a small (pulla) local variety, possessing 

 certain peculiarities, in exactly the same manner as the Andaman and 

 Nicobar variety of the same species. (Comp. 1. c. p. 142 et seq., and 

 Proc. A. S. B. for June 1872, p. 102). 



Rana plicatella, n. sp. PI. XL Fig. 1. 



Body moderatel}'- stout with longish hind-limbs and swollen tips to the 

 toes. 



Head large, snout obtuse, with the canthi rostales rounded ; nostrils 

 lateral, oval, somewhat directed upwards, nearer to the tip of the snout than 

 to the eye ; eye large, prominent, its longer diameter is slightly more than 



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