CACOPUS. 495 



Snout short, obtusely prominent, as long as the diameter of the 

 orbit ; iuterorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers, 

 rather slender, the tips dilated, truncated ; toes moderate, not 

 dilated at the ends, with a slight rudiment of web: subarticular 

 tubercles not very prominent ; two small, scarcely prominent, 

 metatarsal tubercles, the inner elongate. The tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation hardly reaches the posterior border of the eye. Skin 

 nearly smooth ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Olive above, 

 marbled with dark brown ; belly whitish, immaculate. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1-4 inches. 



Hob. Peninsular India as far north as the GrodaVari, and Ceylon. 



98. Callula triangularis. 



Callula triaiigularis, Gimth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 576 ; Boulcng. Cat. 

 Batr. Sal. p. 171, pi. xiii, fig. 4. 



Snout short, blunt, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; inter- 

 orbital space brotder than the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, the 

 tips dilated into rather small truncated disks ; toes moderate, 

 perfectly free, the tips not dilated ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed : two small metatarsal tubercles, inner largest, oval, 

 blunt. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the shoulder, 

 or halfway between the latter and the eye. ISkin smooth, or 

 with some flat tubercles on the back : a fold from the eye to the 

 shoulder, and another across the head behind the eyes. Light 

 olive above, with a large triangular blackish spot occupying nearly 

 the whole length of the back ; sides and lower surfaces blackish 

 brown, latter spotted with whitish ; limbs blackish brown, with 

 large light olive spots. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1-6 inches. 



Hob. Nilgiris ; Malabar. 



Giiiither, Kept. 13. I. p. 415, 18C.4. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue oval, 

 entire and free behind. Choanae 

 very large, with a dermal movable 

 flap, which can close the nostril ; 

 two small bony prominences, close 

 together, between the hinder edges 

 of the choanse and on a level 

 with them : a narrow denticulated 

 dermal ridge across the para- 



sphenoidal region, and another, 



Fig. 135.-Pectoral arc-hoi' very broad, in front of the 



Cacopus systomu. oesophagus. lympanum hidden 



(B. M. Catal. Batr. Sal.) or very indistinct. Fingers free ; 



