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355 is almost white above with a fine line from the tip of the 
snout to above the insertion of the arm. 
The distinct spots on the two outer fingers are very charac- 
teristic. There is some variation in the folds about the tym- 
panum; some of the specimens show these very dimly. In 
certain specimens the vomerine teeth begin at the hinder edge 
of the choane. 
Remarks.—Save for the presence of very distinct groups 
of vomerine teeth I should regard this species as belonging 
unquestionably to the genus Philautus; as it is, I have referred 
it to that genus with some hesitancy. However, the presence or 
absence of vomerine teeth is scarcely a generic distinction since 
we find them present or absent in the very closely related 
genus Polypedates. The character of the digits places it with 
Philautus rather than with Polypedates. 
The specimens were discovered concealed under and about 
the leaves of low-growing plants in southern Polillo. The type 
locality is on a trail running from the walled town of Polillo 
to the southeastern point of the island (known as Bislian) at 
a point where the trail crosses the low divide. These specimens 
were taken during an hour’s collecting in this locality.” Inten- 
sive collecting for nearly one month on the island failed to reveal 
the species elsewhere. 
Philautus zamboangensis sp. nov. 
Type—No. 1059, E. H. Taylor collection; collected near 
Pasananka, Zamboanga, Mindanao, September 26, 1920, by E. 
H. Taylor. 
Description of type—Choane large, widely separated, partial- 
ly concealed by overhanging jaw; no vomerine teeth; tongue 
rather short, forked behind; the openings of the vocal sacs 
elongate, nearly half the length of jaw; snout short, truncate; 
eye large, its diameter equal to or minutely less than its distance 
from end of snout; the distance between nostrils greater than 
their distance from eye; tympanum small, distinct, partially 
covered by the supratympanic fold, about one-third the diameter 
of eye; upper eyelid only minutely less than interorbital dis- 
tance; interorbital area with a raised prominence followed by 
a circular depressed area; a broad, shallow depression covering 
‘snout; skin of body smooth above with no trace of granules; 
no tubercles on eyelids; skin on chin and throat smooth or with 
fine granulations; belly finely granulate ; numerous much-enlarged 
granules about anus; arm very short, the fingers with well- 
