BANA. 



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1. Baua hezadactyla. 



Rana hexadactyla, Giinth. Cat. p. 11. 

 Rana hexadaotyla, Lesson in BMang. Voy. Ind. Or., Sept. p. 331 ; 



Tschadi, Batr. p. 80 ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 405 ; Steindachn. 



Novara, Amph. p. 19 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 568. 

 Dactylethra bengalensis, Lesson, III. Zool. pi. 47. 

 Rana cutipora, Dum. Sr Bibr. p. 339. 

 robusta, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. 1854, p. 298. 



Vomerine teefcli in two oblique series extending beyond the hinder 

 edge of the choanse. Head moderate ; snout rather pointed ; can- 

 thus rostralis indistinct ; interorbital space much narrower than the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, as large as the eye. Fingers 

 slender, pointed, first extending a little beyond second ; toes webbed 

 to the tips, which are pointed ; fourth toe not very much longer 

 than third or fifth ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes very 

 small ; inner metatarsal tubercle smaU, conical ; no outer tubercle. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, with more or less distinct 

 rows of pores round the neck, sides, and beUy. Brown above ; 

 sometimes a light vertebral line ; two blackish streaks on the hinder 

 side of the thighs, sometimes indistinct ; young beautifully striped. 

 Male with two external vocal vesicles opening by two slits beneath 

 the angles of the mouth. 



India. 



2. Rana cyanophlyctis. 



Rana leschenaultii, Giinth. Cat. p. 11. 

 Rana cyanophlyctis, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i. p. 137 ; Peters, Mon. 



Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 78 ; Gunth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 406 ; Steindachn. 



Navara, Amph. p. 20 ; Sioliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p.- 102. 

 bengalensis, Gray, Ind. Zool. ; KelaaH, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. i. 



-^ leschenaultii, Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 342 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Sept. 



Dicroglossus adolfl, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 158, pi. 28. f. B, 

 and Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 402. 







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