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tending as far as second; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; 

 tips of fingers and toes dUated into small_disks ; subartioular tuber- 

 cles rather small; a single, small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. 

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

 tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, glan- 

 dular on the flanks and round the vent. Dark brown above ; a 

 black temporal spot ; whitish beneath, clouded with grey ; lower 

 surface of limbs grey, white-spotted. 



Madagascar. 

 u. 2 ■ Madagascar. 



96. Baua grauulata. 

 Limnodytes gTanulatus, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 361. 



Vomerine teeth in two suborbicular groups behind the level of 

 the choanse. Snout rather acute ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal 

 region very concave ; tympanum distinct, more than half the size 

 of the eye. Fingers slender, first longer than second;_ toes more 

 than two thirds webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into rather 

 large disks ; subartioular tubercles very prominent ; a single meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the heel reaches beyond the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces 

 granulate; a fold from the eye to the shoulder; another very 

 narrow one along each side of the back ; belly glandulose. Brownish - 

 above, sides blackish ; a W-shaped dark mark on the front of the 

 back ; limbs cross-barred ; beneath black marbled and spotted, ex- 

 cept on the belly. 



Nossi Be, Madagascar. 



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97. Rana luctuosa. 



Limnodytes luctuoaus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 579, and Arm. 

 Mus. Civ. Genov. 1872, p. 43, pi. 6. f. 1. 



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

 hinder edge of the choanse. Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, 

 without canthus rostralis ; interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, not quite two thirds the size of the eye. 

 Pingers rather short, first extending beyond second ; toes moderate, 

 hardly half webbed ; tips of fingers slightly, of toes distinctly 

 dilated ; subartioular tubercles moderate ; a single, small, oval, 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Skin quite smooth ; no glandular lateral fold. Dark brown 

 above, the sides nearly black, the limbs speckled and striped across 

 with whitish ; a narrow whitish line on each side, from the tip of 

 the snout along the canthus rostralis, the outer edge of the upper 

 eyelid, and the side of the back to the vent ; brown beneath, more 

 or less speckled with whitish. 



Borneo. 



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