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  RANIDiE. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  of 
  Skeleton 
  (in 
  millimetres). 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  skull 
  ...... 
  15 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  skull 
  16 
  

  

  Least 
  interorbital 
  width 
  .... 
  4 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  vertebral 
  column 
  .... 
  16 
  

  

  Urostjle 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  15 
  

  

  Humerus 
  ....... 
  14 
  

  

  Radius-ulna 
  9 
  

  

  Manns 
  13 
  

  

  Pelvis 
  . 
  . 
  19 
  

  

  Femur 
  25 
  

  

  Tibia 
  28 
  

  

  Tarsus 
  12 
  

  

  Pes 
  27 
  

  

  Habits. 
  — 
  We 
  know 
  very 
  little 
  yet 
  about 
  the 
  habits 
  

   of 
  this 
  species. 
  Bosca 
  says 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  mountain 
  

   streams 
  and 
  springs 
  and 
  among 
  the 
  grass 
  on 
  their 
  

   borders, 
  never 
  far 
  from 
  water. 
  Males 
  were 
  observed 
  

   by 
  him 
  in 
  breeding 
  attire 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  March, 
  at 
  which 
  

   time 
  larvse 
  were 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  The 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  observe 
  alive 
  made 
  tremendous 
  

   leaps, 
  and 
  their 
  voice 
  in 
  summer 
  resembled 
  that 
  of 
  

   B. 
  agilis. 
  A 
  small 
  male 
  in 
  breeding 
  costume, 
  received 
  

   24th 
  March, 
  1897, 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Moller 
  of 
  Coimbra, 
  had 
  

   a 
  rather 
  deeper 
  note, 
  code, 
  cock, 
  coch. 
  

  

  Tadpole 
  (PI. 
  Ill, 
  fig. 
  5). 
  — 
  This 
  frog 
  is 
  intermediate 
  

   between 
  B. 
  temporaria 
  and 
  B. 
  agilis 
  in 
  its 
  larval 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  in 
  its 
  perfect 
  state. 
  Width 
  of 
  mouth 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  

   the 
  interocular 
  space, 
  which 
  equals 
  nearly 
  twice 
  the 
  

   distance 
  between 
  the 
  nostrils. 
  Series 
  of 
  labial 
  teeth 
  

   f 
  , 
  rarely 
  -f 
  , 
  the 
  second 
  upper 
  series 
  widely 
  interrupted 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  third 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  first 
  lower 
  series 
  

   short, 
  hardly 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  second, 
  fourth 
  

   interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  beak 
  resembles 
  that 
  

   of 
  B. 
  cujilis, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  specimens 
  before 
  

   me 
  the 
  upper 
  mandible 
  is 
  likewise 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   large 
  black 
  tubercle 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  its 
  basal 
  portion. 
  

  

  Tail 
  obtuse, 
  once 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  once 
  and 
  three- 
  

   fourths 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  its 
  depth 
  about 
  one- 
  

   third 
  its 
  length. 
  

  

  