Batrachia. 
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Larva. 
1909. Kana limnocharis, van Kainpea, Natunrk. Tijdsch. Ned.-lnd. LXIX, p. 35. 
1916. Rmia limnocharis, Smith, Jour. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam II, p. 165. 
I have nothing to add to the excellent descriptions given by Boulenger and 
Stejneger. The frog has an immense range in south-eastern Asia and I am unable 
to find any difference between specimens from China, Borneo or Java and the 
common Indian form, which occurs all over the plains of India, Burma and 
Ceylon, ascending the Himalayas to an altitude of at least 7,000 ft. and the 
hills of Burma to one of at least 6,000 ft. It is unnecessary to give a list of the 
specimens in the Indian Museum, which include examples from China, Java and 
N. Borneo. 
Larva. The tadpole has been described by van Kampen and, independently, 
by Smith. It differs greatly from that of R. tigrina, but closely resembles that of 
R. cancrivora. I figure a specimen from Madras on plate vi and give on p. 124 an 
enlarged outline of the mouth-disc. 
Subsp. andamanensis (Stol.). 
(Plate V, fig. 7). 
1870. Rana gracilis var. andamanensis, Stoliczka (in part), Joiirn. .is. Soc. Bengal. XXXIX, 
p. 142. 
There are two specimens in the collection of the Indian Museum labelled as 
types of Rana gracilis v. andamanensis, Stoliczka The larger and better preserved 
of the two undoubtedly belongs to the species .subsequenth' described by Boulenger 
as R. doriae, but the other, which I select as the type, represents a form suffi- 
ciently distinct to be recognized as a subspecies or local race of R. limnocharis. I 
have examined a .series of this form from Baratang Island, one of the Andaman 
group, but it also occurs, apparently as a rarity and certainly with the typical 
form, in northern Tenasserim, where I captured a specimen, myself some years 
ago. 
This form closely resembles the forma typica except in its small size and peculiar 
colouration. 
The dorsal .surface of the head and body is of a rich chestnut-brown, while the 
sides are of a dark brown densely spotted with black. A narrow blackish line, some- 
times running on a raised ridge or series of longitudinal folds, often separates the 
two areas ; zig-zag dark bars sometimes run across the back and there is frequently 
a dark cross-bar between the posterior part of the eyes. The lips are more or less 
mottled and the throat feebly irrorated. 
The following specimens are preserved in the collection of the Indian Museum : — 
3539 (TYPE) . . Audamans . . . . . . F. Stoliczka. 
15881-5 . . Baratang Island, Middle Andanians B. B. Osmaston. 
15887 : 15982 
16059 Mudon, Tenasserim . . N. Anuandale. 
14310 . . Yebyu, Tenasserim . . . . A. R. S. Anderson. 
