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Rana esculenta, L. Camerano has remarks on the variations of this 
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Rana guttulata, Blgr., pi. ii. verrucosa ) Gthr., pi. iv. fig. 1, and ingui - 
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Rana laticeps, p. 20, pi. i. fig. 1, W. India, blanfordi, p. 23, pi. i. fig. 2> 
Arabia, modesta , p. 25, pi. i. fig. 3, Celebes, dobsoni , p. 32, pi. iii. fig. 1, 
W. India, guentheri, p. 58, pi. iv. fig. 1, S. China, betsileana, p. 460, 
Madagascar, curta , p. 461, Madagascar, semipalmata, p. 56, pi. iv. fig. 3, 
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spp. nn. 
