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SPOL1A ZEYLANIC A. 
Rana GREENII. 
Vomerine teeth in two rather strong oblique series between, 
and extending posteriorly beyond, the choana. Head as long as 
broad or a little longer than broad ; snout rounded or obtusely 
pointed, as long as or a little longer than the orbit; canthus 
rostralis very obtuse, loreal region concave ; nostril equally distant 
from the eye and from the end of the snout ; interorbital region a 
little narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about 
two-thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, with 
blunt tips, first and second equal, or first extending very slightly 
beyond second ; foot (including inner metatarsal tubercle) more 
than half as long as head and body; toes rather slender, not quite 
half-webbed, three phalanges of fourth toe free from the mem¬ 
brane ; a small oval inner metatarsal tubercle ; outer metatarsal 
tubercle indistinct, or confluent with the dermal fold of the outer 
toe. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye, the nostril, or 
between the eye and the nostril. Glands on the back forming more 
or less regular longitudinal folds. Brown above, with black spots, 
dark vertical bars on the lips, and more or less regular cross-bars 
on the limbs ; hinder side of thighs with dark marblings ; a light 
vertebral stripe constantly present. Male with a vocal sac on 
each side, forming loose folds on the throat, the sides of which 
are grayish. 
The largest male measures 38 mm. from snout to vent, the 
largest female 50. 
Specimens marked Ceylon (Kelaart, Cuming, W. Ferguson, 
B. H. Barnes) have long been in the British Museum collection ; 
others, from the hills of Central Ceylon, have been presented by 
Mr. G. H. K. Thwaites and Mr. E. E. Green. 
