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  18. 
  Rana 
  iberica. 
  

   (Plate 
  XXIII.) 
  

  

  Rana 
  iberica, 
  Boulenger, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Zool. 
  France, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  177; 
  

   Bosca, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Zool. 
  France, 
  1880, 
  p. 
  259 
  ; 
  Boulenger, 
  Cat. 
  

   Batr. 
  Ecaud., 
  p. 
  46 
  (1882) 
  ; 
  Boettger, 
  Sitzb. 
  Ak. 
  Berl., 
  1887, 
  

   p. 
  180; 
  Heron- 
  Royer 
  & 
  Van 
  Batnbeke, 
  Arch, 
  de 
  Biol., 
  ix, 
  

   1889, 
  p. 
  258, 
  pi. 
  xvi, 
  fig. 
  4 
  ; 
  Bedriaga, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Moscou, 
  

   1889, 
  p. 
  345, 
  Ampli. 
  Rept. 
  Portug., 
  p. 
  9 
  (1889), 
  and 
  Larves 
  

   Batr. 
  Portug., 
  p. 
  8 
  (1891); 
  Boulenger, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  H. 
  

   (6), 
  viii, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  350, 
  and 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  608, 
  pi. 
  

   xlv, 
  fig. 
  5. 
  

  

  Vomerine 
  teetli 
  in 
  two 
  small 
  oblique 
  series 
  behind 
  

   the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  choanas. 
  

  

  Head 
  as 
  lonp; 
  as 
  broad 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  Fig. 
  116. 
  

  

  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  moderately 
  de- 
  

   pressed. 
  Snout 
  short, 
  obtuse, 
  round- 
  

   ed 
  ; 
  canthus 
  rostralis 
  distinct 
  ; 
  loreal 
  

   region 
  not 
  very 
  oblique, 
  slightly 
  con- 
  

   cave 
  ; 
  nostril 
  equidistant 
  from 
  the 
  

   eye 
  and 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  snout, 
  or 
  

   slightly 
  nearer 
  the 
  latter 
  : 
  the 
  distance 
  T 
  t 
  • 
  pi 
  a 
  

  

  o 
  J 
  ' 
  Upper 
  view 
  of 
  head. 
  

  

  between 
  the 
  nostrils 
  a 
  little 
  greater 
  

   than 
  the 
  interorbital 
  width, 
  which 
  equals 
  the 
  width 
  

   of 
  the 
  upper 
  eyelid; 
  tympanum 
  distinct, 
  its 
  diameter 
  

   one-half 
  to 
  three-fifths 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  the 
  distance 
  

   between 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  tympanum 
  equals 
  two-thirds 
  

   to 
  three-fourths 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  

  

  Fingers 
  obtuse, 
  first 
  not 
  extending, 
  or 
  extending 
  

   but 
  very 
  slightly, 
  beyond 
  second 
  ; 
  subarticular 
  tuber- 
  

   cles 
  moderately 
  developed. 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  very 
  long, 
  the 
  tibio-tarsal 
  articulation 
  

   reaching 
  beyond 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  in 
  the 
  adult, 
  

   the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  ; 
  heels 
  strongly 
  

   overlapping 
  when 
  the 
  limbs 
  are 
  folded. 
  Tibia 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  limb, 
  and 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  the 
  foot. 
  Toes 
  three-fourths 
  or 
  even 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   webbed, 
  the 
  web 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  deep 
  crescentic 
  

   notch 
  ; 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  moderately 
  large 
  and 
  

  

  Y 
  

  

  