88 EANIDiE.' 



/ 26. Rhacophorus maximus. (Plate IX. fig. 3.) 



Ehacopliorus maximus, Ounih. Cat. p. 83. 

 Rhacophorus maximus, Oiintk. Hept. Brit. India, p. 435 ; Anders. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 210 ; StolicOm, Froc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 108. 

 gigas, Jerdon, Proe. As. Soc. 1870, p. 84. 



Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series on a 

 level -with the front edge of the choanse. Snout rounded ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; loreal region concave ; nostril halfway between 

 the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum somewhat more than half the width of the 

 eye. Fingers and toes webbed to the disks, which are as large as 

 the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a rather 

 large, but not very prominent, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin smooth above, 

 granular beneath ; a fold above the tynipanum. Violet or blue- 

 green above, immaculate. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Himalayan Eegion. 



a. 9 . Afghanistan (?). I m 



b-dT d 2 • Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. f ^yP«^- 



e. 2 • Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlaginweit [0.]. 



f-i. 5 , hgr., Darjeeling. T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



&yg. 



k-l.d2- Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.l. 



m-p. S, 2> Assam. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



q-t. 2 > ligr-) Khassya. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



27. Ehacophorus reinwardtii. 



Rhacophorus reinwardtii, Giinth. Cat. p. 82. 

 Hypsiboas reinwardtii, (Bote) Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 200. 

 Hyla reinwardtii, part., Sclileg. Abbild. p. 105, pi. 30. f. 1, 2, & 4. 

 Rhacophorus reinwardtii, Tschudi, Batr. p. 73 ; Bum. Sf Bibr. p. 532. 



Vomerine teeth in a straight line between the front edges of the 

 choanae. Snout rounded ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region 

 slightly concave; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of 

 the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 three fourths the width of the eye. Kngers and toes webbed to 

 the disks, which are as large as the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles 

 moderate ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being 

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

 between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granular on 

 the beUy and under the thighs ; a fold round the tympanum ; a 

 cutaneous fringe along the forearm, the fourth finger, the tarsus 

 and the fifth toe; a transverse flap of skin above the vent and 

 another on the tibio-tarsal articulation. Olive or lUao above, uniform • 



