OXYGLOSSUS. 437 



very small ; two subconical metatarsal tubercles, inner largest ; a 

 short tarsal fold and a small tarsal tubercle just below the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation. When the hind limb is stretched forwards 

 along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip of 

 the snout. Skin warty, the warts most numerous and of unequal 

 sizes on back, largest and forming more or less symmetrical rows 

 on the throat and belly. Greenish brown above, with small darker 

 markings ; sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; whitish below, with 

 a dark brown baud beneath the arm and along the hinder side of 

 the thigh, and a brown L-shaped mark on each side at the base 

 of the thighs ; sometimes a brown baud on each side from the chin 

 to the breast. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 1'2 inches. 



JIab. Lower Bengal, Burma, Southern China, Cochinchina, 

 Camboja, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



2. Oxyglossus laevis. 



Oxyglossus laevis, Gilnth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 7, pi. i, fig. A ; Bouleng, 

 Cat. Tidtr. Sal. p. 0. 



Tongue oval, rounded behind, free in its posterior third. Head 

 small ; snout rounded, without canthus rostralis ; interorbital space 

 narrower than the upper eyelid. Fingers short, with blunt tips, 

 first not or but slightly extending beyond second ; toes entirely 

 webbed, the web more emarginate than in 0. lima, the tips dilated 

 into very small disks ; subarticular tubercles small ; inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle elliptical, compressed, larger in the female than in the 

 male : outer metatarsal tubercle absent or very indistinct ; a short 

 tarsal fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the end of 

 the snout, or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth, or with small 

 smooth warts. Brownish above, with or without rather indistinct 

 darker spots ; sometimes a light vertebral line ; a light streak 

 from the ove to the commissure of the mouth is often conspicuous ; 

 hind limbs w ith I'ather irregular dark cross bands ; lox^er parts 

 whitish, throat speckled with brown. Male with an internal sub- 

 gular vocal sac. 



In the Philippines this species reaches a length of 2 inches 

 from snout to vent ; the largest Burmese specimen examined by 

 me measures 1"25 inches. 



Hah. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Philippine Islands. 

 In Burma this and the preceding species occur together in pools 

 along streams. 



A fossil species of this genus, Oxyfjhsms imsillus (Bana pudlla, 

 Owen), has been recorded by Stoliczka, Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind. vi, 

 pt. iii. p. 387, from the Lower Eocene Frog-beds of Bombay. 



