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  RANIDvE. 
  

  

  15. 
  Rana 
  camerani. 
  

   (Plate 
  XIX.) 
  

  

  Bana 
  oxyrhina 
  (non 
  Steenstrup), 
  Filippi, 
  Viagg. 
  Pers., 
  p. 
  357 
  

  

  (1865). 
  

   Bana 
  camerani, 
  Boulenger, 
  Ball. 
  Soc. 
  Zool. 
  France, 
  1886, 
  p. 
  597; 
  

  

  Boettger, 
  Ber. 
  Senck. 
  Ges., 
  1892, 
  p. 
  134; 
  Boulenger, 
  Proc. 
  

  

  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  1896, 
  p. 
  550, 
  pi. 
  xxi. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Bana 
  holtzi, 
  Werner, 
  Zcol. 
  Anz., 
  1898, 
  p. 
  222. 
  

  

  Vomerine 
  teetli 
  in 
  two 
  small 
  oblique 
  groups 
  close 
  

   together, 
  just 
  behind 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  borders 
  

   of 
  the 
  choanse. 
  

  

  Head 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  long; 
  snout 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  orbit, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  acuminate 
  and 
  

   strongly 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  mouth 
  ; 
  canthus 
  ros- 
  

   tralis 
  distinct 
  ; 
  loreal 
  region 
  very 
  oblique, 
  grooved 
  ; 
  

   nostril 
  equally 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   snout 
  ; 
  interorbital 
  space 
  narrow, 
  measuring 
  one-half 
  

   to 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  eyelid, 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  the 
  distance 
  between 
  the 
  nostrils 
  ; 
  tympanum 
  

   very 
  distinct, 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  eye, 
  and 
  measuring 
  

   about 
  half 
  its 
  diameter. 
  

  

  Fingers 
  obtuse, 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  equal, 
  or 
  first 
  

   extending 
  very 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  second 
  ; 
  subarticular 
  

   tubercles 
  moderate. 
  

  

  The 
  tibio-tarsal 
  articulation 
  reaches 
  the 
  eye 
  or 
  the 
  

   nostril 
  ; 
  tibia 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  or 
  slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  

   fore 
  limb, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  femur, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  or 
  

   slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  foot 
  ; 
  the 
  heels 
  overlap 
  when 
  

   the 
  limbs 
  are 
  folded. 
  Toes 
  slender, 
  obtuse, 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  to 
  three-fourths 
  webbed 
  ; 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  

   moderately 
  developed 
  ; 
  inner 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle 
  soft, 
  

   oval, 
  measuring 
  two-fifths 
  to 
  one-halt* 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  

   the 
  inner 
  toe 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  outer 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  toe. 
  

  

  Skin 
  smooth 
  or 
  with 
  small 
  warts; 
  glandular 
  dorso- 
  

   lateral 
  folds 
  strong 
  and 
  prominent, 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   than 
  the 
  upper 
  eyelid 
  ; 
  these 
  folds 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  

  

  