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  RANIDiE. 
  

  

  hinder 
  side 
  of 
  thighs 
  speckled 
  or 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown. 
  

   Lower 
  parts 
  white 
  or 
  pinkish, 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  

   limbs 
  often 
  of 
  a 
  bright 
  pink 
  or 
  salmon-colour 
  ; 
  throat 
  

   and 
  breast 
  spotted 
  or 
  mottled 
  with 
  grey 
  or 
  brown, 
  

   with 
  the 
  median 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  usually 
  a 
  

   cross-line 
  on 
  the 
  breast 
  unspotted, 
  the 
  two 
  forming 
  

   a 
  _L-shaped 
  white 
  or 
  pink 
  marking 
  ; 
  belly 
  and 
  lower 
  

   surface 
  of 
  thighs 
  sometimes 
  spotted, 
  sometimes 
  im- 
  

   maculate. 
  Iris 
  golden, 
  much 
  obscured 
  with 
  brown, 
  

   at 
  least 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  half. 
  

  

  Males 
  distinguished 
  by 
  much 
  stronger 
  fore 
  limbs, 
  

   and 
  a 
  large 
  pad 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  digit, 
  

   which, 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  time, 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  horny 
  excrescences 
  or 
  minute 
  spinules, 
  forming 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  distinct 
  patches. 
  No 
  vocal 
  sacs. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  (in 
  millimetres). 
  

  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  5. 
  

  

  6. 
  

  

  From 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  . 
  

  

  48 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  55 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  54 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  62 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  58 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  56 
  

  

  Head 
  .... 
  

  

  16 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  17 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  16 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  17 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  head 
  . 
  

  

  15 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  19 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  18 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  . 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  55.. 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  55 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  

  

  Interorbital 
  width 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4-5.. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  nostril 
  . 
  

  

  3-5. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4-5. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  4 
  

  

  „ 
  end 
  of 
  snout 
  

  

  7 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  75. 
  

  

  . 
  9 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  8 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  tympanum 
  

  

  . 
  3 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  .. 
  

  

  . 
  35. 
  

  

  .. 
  35. 
  

  

  . 
  4 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  4 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  tympanum 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  .. 
  25. 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  .. 
  2 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb 
  . 
  

  

  ' 
  30 
  .' 
  

  

  '. 
  35 
  '.' 
  

  

  ! 
  37 
  ! 
  

  

  .. 
  38 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  34 
  ' 
  

  

  .. 
  35 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  84 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  95 
  . 
  

  

  .103 
  . 
  

  

  ..113 
  . 
  

  

  .106 
  . 
  

  

  ..104 
  

  

  Tibia 
  .... 
  

  

  . 
  28 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  33 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  35 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  37 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  35 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  34 
  

  

  Foot 
  .... 
  

  

  . 
  26 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  31 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  33 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  35 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  34 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  32 
  

  

  Inner 
  toe 
  

  

  . 
  6 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  6-5. 
  

  

  . 
  7 
  

  

  . 
  8 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  7 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  6-5 
  

  

  Inner 
  metatarsal 
  tubercle 
  

  

  . 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  25. 
  

  

  . 
  25. 
  

  

  .. 
  25. 
  

  

  . 
  25. 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  1. 
  Castelfranco 
  : 
  De 
  Betta. 
  

  

  2. 
  Yarese 
  : 
  Camerano. 
  

  

  3. 
  Florence 
  : 
  Giglioli. 
  

  

  4. 
  Turin 
  : 
  Peracca. 
  

  

  5. 
  Novara: 
  Camerano. 
  

  

  6. 
  Venice: 
  De 
  Betta. 
  

  

  Skeleton. 
  — 
  Fronto-parietals 
  broad 
  and 
  flat, 
  their 
  

   width 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  contained 
  twice 
  to 
  twice 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  in 
  their 
  length 
  ; 
  ethmoid 
  rounded 
  or 
  obtusely 
  

   pointed 
  anteriorly. 
  Nasals 
  small, 
  oblique, 
  separated 
  

   from 
  each 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  line, 
  their 
  posterior 
  

   border 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  or 
  if 
  concave 
  less 
  markedly 
  so 
  

  

  