I? ATS A DELALANDII. — Dum. & Bib. 
Reptilia. — Plate 77. — Fig. 1. — 2 a, b, c. 
R, capite conico, naso ultra mandibulam porrecto ; tympano magno rotundato, prope oris angulum posito ; 
plantis palmatis ; dorso lateribusque maculis viricU-nigris variatis ; extremitatibus colore eodem sub- 
fasciatis. 
Longitddo e nasi apice ad anum 3 unc. 
Rana Delalandii. Dum. et Bib. Erpetol. Generale, tom. 8, page 388. 
Colour. — The ground colour of the upper parts of the head and body in- 
termediate between oil-green and yellowish grey ; variegations liver-brown 
or greenish black, and are an oblong blotch on the side of the head covering 
the whole of upper lip, a narrow stripe between the nose and the eye in the 
course of the rostral can thus, a semicircular mark under the eye, a large 
blotch between the eye and the angle of the mouth encircling the tympanum, 
two somewhat club-shaped spots on the liindhead, each sending a bar or spur 
across the palpebral shields, a small spot at, the anterior extremity of the latter, 
two rows of somewhat circular or oval spots along the middle of the back, and 
outside of these a few large irregular-shaped blotches. Dorsal line yellow. 
The upper lip is freckled with yellowish white spots, and an oblique line of 
the same colour, widest in front of the eye, extends from the side of the nose 
to the angle of the mouth. The sides of the body are liver-brown, irregularly 
spotted with king’s-yellow. The extremities [superiorly are variegated, the 
anterior with two rows, the posterior with one row, of liver-brown bars, the 
anterior surface of the hinder extremities is mottled with irregular liver-brown 
blotches, and the posterior surface of the thighs is liver-brown freckled with 
cream-yellow spots. The upper surface of the outer and second toe of each 
foot is blackish green freckled with cream-yellow, the other toes greenish 
yellow withoutvariegations. The under parts of the head, body, and extremities, 
intermediate between sienna-yellow and ochre-yellow, the parts in front of the 
breast freckled with rather small pale reddish brown blotches. Under lip 
