1 b Z b.
- I. RANA. FASCTATA
' I RANA G RATII.
Tleptilia,. Plate 78
RANA FASCIATA.—B o ie .
Reptilia.—P late 78.—F ig. 1.—1 a, b, c —{Female.)
R. gracilis, extremitatibus posterioribus, digitis præcipue, longissimis ; dorso lateribusque fasciis longitu-
- dinalibus viridi-nigris sex notatis ; plantis subpalmatis.
Longitudo è nasi apice ad anum I une. 10 lin., extremitatum posteriorum 4 une.
Raua fasciata, Dum. and Bibr. Erpétologie Generale,, tom. viii. page 389.
Strongylopus fasciatus, Tschudi, Class Batrach, Mem. Société Scienc. nat. Neuch, tom. ii. page 79.
Colour.—The upper surface of the head and the back anteriorly light
rusty wood-brown, the hinder parts of the back, the sides, and the outer and
anterior portions of the fore legs, yellowish white or pale king’s-yellow. The
variegations on the parts specified are liver-brown, and consist of a longitudinal
stripe between the eye and the nose along the rostral canthus, a
stripe along the upper lip, an irregular subovate blotch between the binder
extremity of the eye and the base of fore leg, including the tympanum,
six longitudinal stripes on the back and sides, the two on the middle of the
former which reach from the inside of the eyes to nearly the anus, much the
longest ; a stripe along the anterior part of leg close to the body, and two
others, or a few spots only, on the parts towards the toes. The dark rostral
line and blotches behind the eye are separated from the labial stripe by a
narrow, oblique, yellow line. The outer parts of the hinder extremities
pale rusty oil-green, and the hinder part of the thighs light orange coloured
brown ; toes pale sienna-yellow ; under part of head greenish white ; insides
of extremities pale oil green.
F orm, &c. — Head subtriangular ; nose anteriorly rather blunt. Body
long, rather slender, and very narrow immediately in front of the hinder
extremities ; rostral canthus blunt, nostril midway between eye and apex of
nose ; sides of head slightly inclined outwards, and convex above the edge of