﻿KAN 
  A. 
  

  

  317 
  

  

  already 
  noticed 
  in 
  Rana 
  esculenta, 
  which 
  is 
  character- 
  

   ised 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  every 
  kind 
  of 
  light 
  pigment, 
  

   nothing 
  but 
  the 
  brown 
  being 
  present. 
  The 
  throat 
  

   and 
  belly 
  are 
  pigmentless, 
  transparent, 
  and 
  the 
  iris 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  without 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  gold 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  

   of 
  a 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  pinkish-brown, 
  with 
  the 
  darker 
  

   markings 
  on 
  the 
  limbs 
  and 
  temples 
  feebly 
  indicated. 
  

  

  Male 
  without 
  vocal 
  sacs, 
  with 
  very 
  strong 
  fore 
  

   limbs, 
  comparable 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  B. 
  temporaria, 
  during 
  the 
  

   breeding 
  season 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  finger 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  strong 
  

   pad 
  covered 
  with 
  blackish-brown 
  horny 
  spinules, 
  

   forming 
  an 
  undivided 
  patch. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  (in 
  millimetres). 
  

  

  $ 
  ? 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  43 
  

   14 
  

   16 
  

  

  4-5 
  

   3-5 
  

   3 
  

  

  6-5 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  2 
  

   28 
  

   82 
  

   29 
  

   23 
  

  

  4-5 
  

  

  2-5 
  

  

  3. 
  Travnik, 
  Bosnia 
  : 
  Werner. 
  

   Klimenti, 
  Morea 
  : 
  Douglass, 
  

  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  From 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  . 
  

  

  50 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  66 
  

  

  Head 
  .... 
  

  

  15 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  22 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  head 
  . 
  

  

  18 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  26 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  . 
  

  

  5 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  65 
  

  

  Interorbital 
  width 
  

  

  35.. 
  

  

  . 
  5 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  nostril 
  . 
  

  

  3-5.. 
  

  

  . 
  4-5 
  

  

  „ 
  end 
  of 
  snout 
  . 
  

  

  7 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  9 
  

  

  Tympanum 
  

  

  2 
  5.. 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  tympanum 
  

  

  25.. 
  

  

  . 
  2-5 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb 
  .... 
  

  

  32 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  47 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  .... 
  

  

  88 
  .. 
  

  

  133 
  

  

  Tibia 
  .... 
  

  

  28 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  45 
  

  

  Foot 
  

  

  27 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  42 
  

  

  Inner 
  toe 
  .... 
  

  

  6 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  9 
  

  

  Inner 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle 
  . 
  

  

  2-5.. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  

  

  1, 
  5, 
  6. 
  Florence 
  : 
  Peracca. 
  

  

  

  1 
  s 
  

  

  2. 
  Tajce, 
  Bosnia 
  : 
  Brandis. 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  

  Fig. 
  115. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  48 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  59 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  57 
  

  

  16 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  17 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  17 
  

  

  18 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  21 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  21 
  

  

  55. 
  

  

  . 
  5-5. 
  

  

  . 
  55. 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  35 
  

  

  8 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  7'5 
  

  

  25. 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  

  

  2 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  2-5. 
  

  

  . 
  2 
  

  

  30 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  35 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  34 
  

  

  91 
  . 
  

  

  .100 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  98 
  

  

  30 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  32 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  31 
  

  

  26 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  29 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  30 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  6-5. 
  

  

  . 
  7-5 
  

  

  25. 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  

  

  Upper 
  view 
  of 
  skull. 
  

  

  