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9. Ramanella montana (Jerdon).
Family : RANIDAE beduk. [Marathi]
10. Rana cyanophlyctis Schneider.
11. Rana limnocharif Boie.
12. Rana tigerina Daudin.
13. Rana malabarica Bibr
14. Rana rufescens (Jerdon).
15. Rana breviceps Schneider.
16. Rana leithii Boulenger.
17. Rana beddomii (Gunther).
18. Rana temporalis (Gunther),
19. Nyctibatrachus hwnayuni Bhaduri
& Kripalani,
Family :
RHACOPHORIRA
E
20. Philautus bombayensis Annandale.
21. Philautus glandulosus (Jerdon).
22. Rhacaphorus leucomystax
maculatus (Gray),
The Caecilians, Family Caecilidae, are fossorial, limbless amphibians, like
snakes in general appearance, for which they are often mistaken.
The head, except for the lack of annulations, is not distinguished
fromthe body. The eyes may or may not be visible externally. A
shorttentacle is present between the eye and the nostril. The body hasseries
of annulations. A short tail may be present or not. The caecilidae arc the
most primitive among amphibians and are foundonly in the tropical
regions of Asia, Africa and America. Very little is known of these secretive
creatures. Two genera, each representedby a single species occur in the
State, of theseIndotyphlusis so farknown only from Khandala (Poona
FAUNA 643