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ZOOLOGY OF THE FAR EAST. 
SuKsp. grcenii, Boitleuger. 
1905. Rana greenii, Bouleiiger, Spol. Zeyl. II, p. 7J. 
This form seems to be merely a dwarfed race peculiar to the hill-country of 
Ceylon. I am unable to say whether its range overlaps that of the typical form or 
not, but in the small series I have examined there is considerable variation in the 
degree of degeneracy exhibited by the internal metatarsal tubercle, the partial or 
complete disappearance of which is very characteristic. 
The following specimens are preserved in the Indian Museum : — 
15748 . . . . Punduloya, Ceyloii, ca. 4000 ft. . . G. A. Boulenger. 
17443-4 . . . . Pattipola, Cej'lon, 6200 ft. . . S. W. Kemp. 
Subsp. nilagirica, Jerdon. 
1853. Ranu nilagirica, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal XXII, p. 532. 
1905. Rana nilagirica, Boulenger, Si)ol. Zeyl. II. p. 7 ;. 
I have examined a series of specimens from Ootacanmnd and Coonoor that ex- 
hibit an almost complete grading in structure between the typical form and Jerdon' s 
nilagirica. The colouration is, however, characteristic; the dorsal surface much 
browner than in the typical form and there is a pale streak or spot between the eye 
and the proximal end of the lower jaw; the lips are dark with comparatively narrow 
vertical or sloping pale lines. The throat and chest are always more or less densely 
ir rotated with brown atoms. 
Larva. Tadpoles from the Nilgiris differ from those of the typical form in their 
extremely small mouth-disc and in other less important characters. 
The following specimens are preserved in the collection of the Indian Museum : — 
17158: 17214-5 .. Ootacaiuund, Nilgiri dist., Madras. . R. B. S. Sewell. 
17169-71 . . . . Coonoor, b.ooo ft., Nilgiri dist., 
Madras . . . . . . ,, 
17880 ... . . vShevaroy Hills, Madras . . \V. R. vSheriffs. 
Rana brevipalmata, Peters. 
(? Plate VI, fig. 5). 
1871. Rana brevipalmata, Peters, MB. Ak Berl., p. 64O. 
1905. Ra7ta brevipalmata, Boulenger, Spol. Zeyl. II, p. 73. 
? 1904. Rana lintnocharis, Ferguson, Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. XV, p. 501. 
This species is probably distinct specifically, but I have seen only one specimen. 
It was described from Pegu and is stated by Boulenger to occur in the hills of 
.south-western India. 
Larva. Dr. Boulenger has suggested to me, as I had thought independently, 
that the tadpole described by Ferguson as that of R. limnocharis is possibly that of 
this species* It is certainly not that of the true limnocharis. I have examined 
