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RANA DELALANDII.— D u m . & B ib .
R e p t il ia .—-P l a t e 77.— F ig » 1 .-^ 2 a, b , c.
R. capite conico, naso ultra mandibulam porrectp; tympano magno rotundato, prope oris angulum posito ;
plaritis palmatis; dorso lateribusque maculis viridi-nigris variatis; extremitatibus colore eodem sub-
. fasciatis. .
L o n g it u d .0 h nasi apice ad a n u m 3 line.
R a n a Delalandii. Dum.'et Bib. Erpetol. Generate, tom. 8 , page 3 8 8 .
CoLOUR.8-The ground colour of the upper parts of the head and body intermediate
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 hindhead, 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. I The upper surface of the outer and second toe of each
foot is blackish green freckled with cream-yellow, the other toes greenish
yellow without variegations. 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