48 RANIDiE. 



58. Rana guentheri. (Plate IV. fig. 2.) 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique series commencing close to 

 the inner front edge of the choanae. Head moderate, depressed ; 

 snout rather long, suhacuminate, with distinct canthus rostralis ; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 distinct, nearly as large as the eye. Eingers rather slender, first 

 extending beyond second; toes moderate, rather more than two- 

 thirds webbed ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes well deve- 

 loped ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval; a rather indistinct 

 tubercle at the base of the fourth toe. The hind limb being carried 

 -forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly 

 the tip of the snout. A moderately prominent glandular lateral 

 fold ; another from beneath the eye to the shoulder. Grey above, 

 spotted with black on the sides ; glandular lateral fold black-edged : 

 tympanum reddish brown ; hind limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of 

 thighs black and white marbled; beneath yellowish, the throat 

 speckled with brown. Prom snout to vent 80 millim. 



S. China. 



a-h. 2 . Amoy. R. Swinhoe [P.]. 



e. Yg. China. 



59. Bana palmipes. 



Rana palmipes, Spix, Nov. Spec. Test. Ran. p. 29, pi. 5. f. 1 ; Peters, 



Man. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 205, & 1878, p. 622. 



juninensis, Tschudi, Faun. Per., Herp. p. 64. 



Ranula gollmeri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 402. 

 Rana affinis, Peters, I. a. p. 402, & 1871, p. 402. 



aifinis, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 130, & 1868, p. 117. 



Pohlia palmipes, Stdndachn. Novara, Amph. p. 15, pi. i. f . 5 ; Giinth. 



Zool. Pec. IV. p. 147. 

 Rana vaillanti, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. p. 175, and Miss. 



Sc. Mex., Batr. p. 11, pi. ii. f. 1. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups on a level with the hinder 

 edge of the choanae. Head moderate ; snout rounded ; interorbital 

 space nearly as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, at 

 least two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 

 extending slightly beyond second ; toes moderate, with small ter- 

 minal disks, entirely webbed ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and 

 toes not much developed ; a single, small, oval, inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches generally between the eye and 

 the tip of the snout. A moderately prominent glandular lateral fold ; 

 another glandular fold from beneath the eye to the shoulder. Olive or 

 brown above, immaculate or with small blackish spots ; limbs cross- 

 barred; hinder side of thighs black and whitish marbled ; yellowish 

 white beneath, with small brownish specks on the throat or rounded 

 brown spots on the belly and under the thighs. Male without vocal 

 sacs. 



C, and 8. America. 



