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region vertical ; inlerorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. First finger 

 not extending beyond second ; toes entirely webbed, with single 

 subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

 fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout 

 or beyond. Upper surfaces with very prominent, conical, spinose 

 tubercles ; parotoids very prominent, small, subtriaugular or 

 roundish. Uniform brown or blackish above ; beneath whitish, 

 immaculate or spotted with black. Male with an internal subgular 

 vocal sac. 



From snout to vent G inches. 



Hal. Tenasserhn (Mergui), Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 Java. 



Genus COPHOPHRYNE, 



Boulenger, A. M. N. H. (o) xx, 1887, p. 400. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue elliptical, free and very slightly nicked 

 behind. No tympanum ; eustachian tubes extremely small, scarcely 

 perceptible. Fingers free, toes nearly free, the tips not dilated. 

 Outer metatarsals united. A cartilaginous omostermnn ; .sternum 

 with a slender bony style. Sacral vertebra with very strongly 

 dilated diapophyses, and one condyle for articulation with coccyx. 



A single species. 



119. Cophophryne sikkimensis. 



Bombinator sikkimmeBsii?, Ehjth, J. A. 8. U. xxiii, 1854, p. 300. 

 Scutiger i-ilddminer.sis, Thcol. Cat. Eept. As. &oc. Mus. 1808, p. 83. 

 Bulb sikkiinniensis, Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 204. 

 Cophophryne Mkldn.eusi.*, Bmdtvy. A. M. N. H. (5) xx, 1887, 

 p. 400. " 



Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, with indistinct canthus 

 rostralis ; interorbital space a little narrower than the upper eyelid. 

 Fingers and toes blunt, without subarticular tubercles ; first and 

 second fingers equal ; an indistinct rudiment of web between the 

 toes ; a large, elliptical, very feebly prominent inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 shoulder or the angle of the mouth. Upper parts with large porous 

 warts, which may form irregular longitudinal series on the back ; 

 a narrow parotoid gland, ill-defined above, extends obliquely from 

 the eye to the extremity of the jaws ; lower parts perfectly smooth. 

 Olive-brown above, the warts darker and dotted with lighter; a 

 light triangular spot on the forehead, the base between the eyes, 

 the apex touching the lip ; loreal region dark ; limbs with dark 

 marblings. Male without vocal sacs ; during the breeding-season 

 with two plate-like callosities on either side of the thorax, thickly 



