APPENDIX II 248 
BATRACHIANS 
1. Rana boulengeri, sp. n. 
This species belongs to that division of the genus of which Rana kuhlit 
and Rana liebigii are characteristic forms. 
Vomerine teeth in two short oblique series, each starting from the 
inner edge of the choana. Head large, broad, much depressed; snout 
very short and rounded; canthus rostralis short but distinct; upper eye- 
lid a little broader than the interorbital space ; tympanum hidden. First 
finger longer than the second; toes with swollen extremity, entirely 
webbed; subarticular tubercles well developed; inner metatarsal tubercle 
elongate; no outer tubercle. The tibio-tarsal joint does not reach the 
end of the snout when the limb is carried forward. Skin of the upper 
parts covered with large elongate warts and small rounded tubercles; a 
strong fold of the skin above the tympanum; no glandular fold on the 
side of the back. Uniform blackish brown above. Male with two internal 
vocal sacs. 
As in Rana liebigit, the breeding male has extremely thick forearms, 
but without any special armature. The rudimentary thumb and the large 
rounded tubercle on the upper side of the first finger are thickly studded 
with horny spines, the second and third fingers having similar spines, but 
less numerous. The whole of the chest is covered with smaller and larger 
rounded tubercles, each armed with a black conical horny spine, and 
similar but smaller dermal structures are scattered over the abdomen and 
also over the throat. 
Two specimens of this large species were sent by Mr. Pratt from 
Ichang. The length from the snout to the vent is four inches. 
2. Bufo vulgaris. At Ichang and at Kia-tiang-fu (alt. 1,070 ft.). 
8. Megalobatrachus maximus. One specimen froni Kia-tiang-fu (alt. 
1,070 ft.). 
4, Hynobius chinensis, sp. n. 
Allied to the Japanese Hynobius nebulosus, but with the series of 
vomerine teeth much shorter, extending backwards only to the middle of 
the eye-ball. General habit short and stout; head large, nearly as broad 
as long, its length being rather more than one-fourth of the length of the 
trunk. Tail compressed in its whole length, but without crest; body with 
eleven lateral folds. The limbs meet when adpressed; fifth toe well 
developed; no carpal or tarsal tubercles. Skin smooth; gular fold in- 
distinct. Nearly uniform horny black, the lower parts brownish, finely 
marbled with darker. 
