532 Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. [No. 6. 



Eana curtipes, — n. s. 



Head very wide ; muzzle obtuse ; limbs rather short ; feet webbed 

 to the ends of the toes, except the centre one. Head and back 

 above bright buff; sides deep marroon ; legs dark purple with a few 

 white spots ; abdomen white mottled. Length of one 2 T 9 o-ths ; hind 

 leg 4 T Vth. 



Found in forest only. Has a very peculiar, rather pleasing call. 

 Chiefly seen during the monsoon. 



Sana agricola, — n. s. 

 Feet not webbed quite to the extremity. Of a greenish colour, 

 mottled with darker. Length of one 2-j^tk ; hind leg 3 T 2 oths ; foot 1. 

 Found in inundated paddy -fields and meadows. 



Eana :ntlagirica, — n. s. 

 Yery much allied to the last, differs in its much longer limbs. 

 Length 2 inches ; hind leg 3 T y;hs. 



I have only seen this frog in marshes in the Wynaad and Neel- 

 gherries. 



POLTPEDATES LETJCOMTSTAX. 



c Chunam frog' of Europeans. Yery common all over India. 



POLTPEDATES VARIABILIS, — n. S. 



Green frog of the Neelgherries. 



Green, sometimes unspotted, at other times with gold spots or 

 blackish spots ; at times golden yellow with brown spots ; at other 

 times brown with darker spots. 



Length 2i inches ; hind leg 4 ; foot l^ths. 



Found in the Neelgherries in the banks of streams and in shrubs. 



IXALIS ? GLANDULOSA, n. S. 



A small tree frog, with very obtuse muzzle, feet slightly webbed ; 

 abdomen largely glandular, tympanum indistinct ; green above, yel- 

 lowish on the sides and limbs. 



Length ly^ths ; hind leg T Vths ; foot ^ths. 



Ehacophorus Eeinwardtii, Dum. and Bibr. 

 Found in the Malabar Coast on trees, and in grass during the 

 monsoon. Not very common. 



LlMNODYTES ? PHTLLOPHILA, U. S. 



A small frog, with the subdigital disks very slightly dilated ; toes 



