498 



Family III. DYSCOPHID^. 



Upper jaw toothed ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra dilated. 

 Of the 8 genera and 12 species known, all are inhabitants of 

 Madagascar, with the exception of the Burmese Calluella. 



Genus CALLUELLA, 

 Stoliczka, P. A. S. 13. 1872, p. 14'i. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue oval, entire and free behind. A trans- 

 verse, interrupted series of palatine teeth. Two cutaneous folds 



across the palate in front of the 

 O3sophagus. Tympanum hidden. 

 Fingers free, toes webbed, the tips 

 not dilated. Outer metatarsals 

 united. Coracoids strong; prsccora- 

 coids very weak, imperfectly ossified, 

 resting upon coracoids ; no omo- 

 sternum ; sternum a small cartila- 

 ginous plate, Diapophyses of sacral 



Fig. 137. Palate of 



CuUuclla guttuldta. 



vertebra moderately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 

 A single species. 



102. Calluella guttulata. 



Megalophrys guttulata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, 1855, p. 717. 

 Callula guttulata, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 490, pi. xl, tig. 1. 

 Calluella guttulata, Stol. P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 140; Boulcng. Cat. 

 Batr. Sal.?. 181. 



Head small ; snout short, rounded ; interorbital space broader 

 than the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first a little shorter 

 than second ; toes moderate, not one-third webbed ; tips of fingers 

 and toes blunt ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle large, shovel-shaped ; outer metatarsal tubercle 

 absent or indistinct. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 

 eye. Skin perfectly smooth ; a rather indistinct fold across the 

 head, behind the eyes ; another fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Upper parts pink or yellowish olive, coarsely marbled with brown, 

 the brown marks edged by a black line ; a long transverse black 

 mark across the vent and hinder surface of thighs ; beneath 

 immaculate, the male's throat blackish. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 2 inches. 



Hob. Pegu and Tenasserim. 



