510 PELOBATID.E. 



two outer toes green ; beneath whitish, immaculate. Male with 

 an external subgular vocal sac and black nuptial excrescences on 

 the thumb. 



From snout to vent 2 inches. 



Htib. Khasi Hills, and Kakhyeu Hills, Upper Burma. 



Family VI. PELOBATIU^E. 



Upper jaw toothed ; diapophyses of sacral vertebra strongly 

 dilated ; terminal phalanges simple. 



Of the 8 genera of this family, only one is found in India and 

 Burma. The statement, made in several works, that a species of 

 Megaloplirys (M. montana, Kuhl), occurs in Ceylon is based on a 

 specimen in the British Museum purchased from a dealer many 

 years ago. In the absence of further data, I consider the locality 

 attached to that specimen as probably erroneous. 



Genus LEPTOBRACHIUM, 



Tschudi, Class. Batr. p. 81, 1838. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue large, cordiform or pyriform, slightly 

 nicked and free behind. Vomerine teeth present or absent. Tym- 

 panum indistinct or hidden. Fingers free ; toes webbed at the 

 base or nearly free, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. 

 Omosternum cartilaginous ; sternum with a bony style. Vertebrae 

 procoelous. Sacral vertebra with very strongly dilated diapophyses, 

 and one condyle for articulation with coccyx. 



Distribution. Four species are known from Burma and the 

 Eastern Himalayas. A fifth (L. gracile, Grthr.) is from Borneo. 



Synopsis of Indian and Burmese Species. 



A. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye, or 



beyond; vomeriue teeth L. monticola, p. 510. 



B. Tibio-tarsal articulation not reaching the eye. 

 . Voinerme teeth none ; no palpehral appen- 

 dage L, hasseltii, p. 511. 



b. Voinerine teeth none ; several palpebral 



appendages L. carinense, p. 511. 



c. Vomerine teeth ; a single palpebral appen- 



dage L. feat, p. 512. 



121. Leptobrachium monticola. 



Xenophrys monticola, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 414, pi. xxvi, tig. H ; 



Boukng. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 441. 

 Xenophrys gigas, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 85. 

 Ixalus cinerascens, Stoliczka, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 275. 

 Ixalus lateralis, Anders. J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 29; id. An. Zool. 



Res. Yunnan, p. 844, pi. Ixxviii, fig. 5. 



