. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 2. RANA. 29 fi. Many spec.: 6,^, Ceylon, v-n, p. $ & y^. Central Ceylou. G. H. K. Thwaitas, Esq. [P.]. 0-. 2 • Siam. ' M. Mouhot [C.]. r. $. Java. Dr. Ploem [C.]. v-y^r. cJ , 2 , & yg. Java. Mrs. Lyon [P.]. aa-cc. $ , Borneo. L. Ij. Dillwyu, Esq. [P.]. 20. Rana verrucosa. (Plate IY. fig. 1.) Rana verrucosa, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. -567. Vomerine teeth in two ohiique series between the choanoe. Head moderate; snout rather pointed ; interorbital space two thirds the width of
. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the collection of the British museum. Amphibians. 2. RANA. 29 fi. Many spec.: 6,^, Ceylon, v-n, p. $ & y^. Central Ceylou. G. H. K. Thwaitas, Esq. [P.]. 0-. 2 • Siam. ' M. Mouhot [C.]. r. $. Java. Dr. Ploem [C.]. v-y^r. cJ , 2 , & yg. Java. Mrs. Lyon [P.]. aa-cc. $ , Borneo. L. Ij. Dillwyu, Esq. [P.]. 20. Rana verrucosa. (Plate IY. fig. 1.) Rana verrucosa, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. -567. Vomerine teeth in two ohiique series between the choanoe. Head moderate; snout rather pointed ; interorbital space two thirds the width of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds the size of the. eye. Fingers moderate, first extending much beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes very prominent; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, compressed, hardly half as long as the first toe ; a small, rounded, outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tapsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper parts with numerous very prominent warts and short glandular folds. Grey or brown above, darker spotted ; hinder side of thighs black, white-marblod ; sometimes a broad light vertebral stripe. Male with two internal vocal sacs. Malabar. a, b-d. Many spec.: J, $, & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [;'. (Types.) 21. Rana rufescens. Pyxicephalus rufescens, Jerclon, Journ. As. Soc. 1854, p. 534: Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. Lower surface of foot. Yomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond the hinder edge of the choanoe. Head short; snout rounded ; inter- orbital space half as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, not quite half the size of the eye. Fiiigers moderate, first extending' much beyond second, nearly as long as third; toes rather slender, webbed at the base ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes moderate ;, inner metatarsal tubercle compressed, shovel-shaped, one.
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