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side of the head and body are of a uniform purplish color. 
The anterior aspect of the femur is also dark. 
Several specimens, representing a variation of this species, 
were taken from under stones in the garden of the Hotel Pines, 
Baguio, on April 12, 1920. They differ markedly from the type 
in having the skin very smooth and shiny. The marking on 
the back is similar to that of specimen 838A but with 
numerous, rounded, black spots scattered over the back and the 
sides. When first disturbed the specimens lay flat, stretched 
their legs out behind, and remained rigid. They were picked 
up in this condition and remained motionless for a considerable 
time. One large female, with her body much distended with 
eggs, has the femur involved in the body skin more than two- 
thirds of its length. 
One specimen (No. 7680, taken at Bontoc, April 20, 1920) 
was bright brown-red, the skin as smooth and shiny as patent 
leather. There are a few rounded black spots on the back. 
The specimen was found burrowed about 10 centimeters deep 
in loose earth. 
This species is related to Kaloula picta Duméril and Bibron, 
but differs in the shape of the head and the body, the size and 
prominence of the metatarsal tubercles, and the shorter inner 
toe. Numerous other differences are evident on a comparison 
of specimens. 
Kaloula kalingensis sp. nov. 
Type.—No. 824, E. H. Taylor collection; collected at Balba- 
lan, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Luzon, April 28, 1920, by E. 
H. Taylor. 
Description of type.—(Adult female, containing eggs.) Pal- 
atal ridges behind choanz not strongly developed, not meeting 
medially; choanze small, not concealed by overhanging jaw; 
two denticulated ridges across palate in front of cesophagus, 
the posterior straight, the anterior distinctly arched; tongue 
oblofg, entire, free behind; snout short, truncate, angular in 
outline from above, extending very slightly beyond lower jaw; 
nostrils lateral, not or scarcely visible from above, profile at 
the extremity of snout; distance of nostril from eye greater 
than its distance to edge of mouth; canthus rostralis rounded; 
loreal region perpendicular; eye large, length of orbit greater 
than length of snout; lower eyelid with an opaque, cream- 
colored area; interorbital distance one and one-half times the 
width of upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, about three-fifths 
of eye; a dim skin fold begins behind eye and becomes heavier 
