90 Barbour — A Neiv Genus of Amphibia Salientia. 



forward along tlie body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior 

 border of the eye. Skin of both upper and lower surfaces smooth. 

 Color : Upper surface of body and limbs slaty gray with lighter marblings ; 

 lower surface ochraceous buff, varying to l)oth a lighter and darker shade. 

 This curious and interesting find suffered a little by having been 

 swallowed, in that it is difficult to reconstruct the exact condition of the 

 sternum as well as the general habit in life. The fore limbs lay forward 

 along the sides of the head and the hind liiiil)s were stretched out behind 

 so that the whole creature was pressed out longitudinally. The skin is 

 only broken on the upper surface of one thigh, where it was evidently 

 ripped by a tooth. The snake from which it was taken is a water loving 

 form. There seems no reason to suppose that Pomaptops is a water frog. 

 Burrowing habits are suggested by the protections to the eyes. This 

 makes the tenth genus of Engystomatidae, so far as known confined to 

 Papua. 



