A NEW SPECIES OF RANA FROM THE TERAI OF NEPAL

A new species of Rana is described from the terai region of Nepal on t he basis of three specimens. The new species is diagnosable from known congeners in possessing the following characteristics: head longer th an wide; tympanum rounded, smaller than orbit diameter; supratympanic fold absent; finger I longer than finger II; a series of large, flat g lands on lateral aspect of body; broad webbing on toe IV to penultimat e subarticular tubercle, reaching tip of toes as a narrow sheath; tips of digits flattened to form disks with distinct circummarginal groove s separating dorsum of disks from ventrum; tibia length/snout-vent len gth ratio 47.23-54.15; and absence of humeral gland on forelimb of mal es. The snout-vent length range shown by the type series is 30.4-32.5 mm.