POLYPEDATES EQUES. 431 



They ai-e from the Madras Presidency. The largest is 2 inches long, the hind limb being 

 3f inches, and the fourth hind toe 10 lines. 



It is possible that this species is the " Green Frog of the Neelgherries " of Mr. Jerdon, which he charac- 

 terizes thus : — " Polypedates variabilis. Green, sometimes unspotted, at other times with gold spots or 

 blackish spots ; at times golden yellow, with broT\ai spots ; at other times brown, with darker spots. Length 

 2^ inches; hind leg 4; foot If,,.'' (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. p. 532.) 



Polypedates reticulatus. (Plate XXVI. fig. F.) 



Similar in habit to P. microtyni'panum and P. pleurostictus, but readily distinguished by a 

 peculiar coloration of the hinder part of the thighs, &c. Head large and broad, snout short, 

 with angular canthus rostralis, and with the loreal region slightly concave. Eye of moderate 

 size ; tympanum distinct, rather small, one-third the width of the eye. Limbs of modei'ate 

 length, the length of the body being equal to the distance between vent and heel. Fingers 

 with a short but distinct web at the base ; disks rather small ; toes broadly webbed, the 

 interdigital membrane extending to the disks of the third and fifth toes. A narrow move- 

 able tubercle at the base of the fii'st toe. Heel without cutaneous appendage ; vent without 

 large tubercles. Skin of the back with minute granules, and with a few very small white 

 tubercles in the sacral region ; sides and belly granulated. A linear fold of the skin runs 

 from the orbit, above the tympanum, towards the arm-pit. The vomerine teeth occupy two 

 strongly convergent ridges between the choange. Upper parts reddish olive, minutely dotted 

 with brown ; sides whitish with a rose-coloured tinge, and with an irregular network of fine 

 black lines. Lower parts whitish, throat speckled with brown. Limbs with a few very 

 indistinct dark cross bands ; the hinder side of the thighs with a regular network of black 

 lines. 



I have seen only one example (female) of this species ; it is 2^ inches long, tlie hind limb 

 being 4 inches, and the fourth hind toe 1 inch. It inhabits Ceylon. 



Polypedates eques. The Spurred Tree-Frog. 



Polypedates eques, GUnth. Batrach. Sal. p. 80. pi. 6. fig. B. 



Habit slender. Head depressed, triangular, with broad flat crown, angular canthus rostralis, 

 and pointed muzzle ; loreal region grooved ; nostril round, lateral, just below the canthus, 

 nearer the end of snout. Eye large ; tympanum elliptic, oblique, half as large as the eye. A 

 narrow glandular fold from the back edge of eye, above the tympanum, to the shoulder ; upper 

 parts quite smooth, underside finely granular ; anus surrounded by large prominent yellow 

 tubercles. Fingers not webbed ; disks of fingers rather broad, of toes moderate ; second 

 finger shorter than fourth ; membrane between the toes reaching to half the length of fourth 

 toe, and to the disk of the four other ones ; fifth hardly longer than the third ; at the base 

 of the fii'st a small tubercle. Heel with a skinny spur-like appendage. Eustachian tubes 

 larger than the choanse. Male with a slit on each side of the tongue, and with two internal 



