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Show 202 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Feb. 2, BATBACHIANS. I. Upper jaw toothed. A. Tongue entire, rounded behind 1. Oxyglossus lavis. B. Tongue bifid behind. 1. Fingers quite free ; belly smooth or indistinctly areolate. a. Glandular dorso-lateral fold, if present, independent from the supratemporal fold; tips of fingers not or but feebly dilated. a. Tips ot toes dilated into small but very distinct disks. # Tympanum hidden 2. Rana kuhlii. #* Tympanum distinct. t N o dorso-lateral fold. Tibio-tarsal articulatiou reaching the tip of the snout, or between the eye and the tip of the snout; toes entirely or nearly entirely webbed. 3. Rana modesta. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the nostril, the tip of the snout, or a little beyond the tip of the snout; toes two-thirds or three-fourths webbed ; the last three phalanges of the fourth toe extending beyond the fifth toe. 4. Bana leytensis. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching far beyond the tip of the snout; toes two-thirds webbed 5. Rana microdisca. tt A narrow dorso-lateral fold. 6. Bana palavanensis. j3. Tips of toes not dilated 7. Bana tigrina. b. Glandular dorso-lateral fold well developed, continuous with the supratemporal fold ; tips of fingers and toes dilated. a. Sides smooth or with small warts. First finger extending as far as second; digital disks very small; lateral fold broad 8. Bana erythrcea. First finger extending beyond second ; digital disks small; lateral fold narrow. 9. Bana varians. First finger not extending quite so far as second; disks of fingers large; lateral fold narrow 10. Bana everetti. /3. Sides with large glands ; first finger extending as far as second ; lateral fold broad 11. Bana celebensis. c. Glandular dorso-lateral fold distinct only anteriorly; tips of fingers and toes strongly dilated ... 12. Bana macrops. 2. Fingers with at least a rudiment of web, the tips strongly dilated; belly granulate. Fingers with a very slight rudiment of web; frontal region rugose. 13. Rhacophorus leucomystax. Outer fingers half-webbed; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the snout or beyond 14. Rhacophorus edentulus. Outer fingers two-thirds webbed; tibio-tarsal articulation not reaching the tip of the snout 15. Rhacophorus monticola. II. Jaws toothless. A. Tips of fingers strongly dilated. 1. N o metatarsal tubercles. Tympanum indistinct, not more than one-third the diameter of the eye; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye or a little beyond. 16. Sphenophryne celebensis. Tympanum feebly distinct, two-thirds to three-fourths the diameter of the eye; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the shoulder or the tympanum. 17. Sphenophryne variabilis. |