NTCTIBATRACHUS. 467 



a small iuuei' metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulatiou 

 marks the posterior border or the centre of the eye. 8kiu smooth 

 above and beneath ; a narrow glandular lateral fold, commencing 

 some distance from the eye ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Brown above, «ith rather indistinct darker markings, the most 

 constant being a broad chevron between the eyes ; sides of head 

 blackish brown ; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of thighs blackish 

 brown ; groin and front of thighs frequently rose-coloured ; brown 

 beneath, throat and chest dotted, belly and lower surface of hind 

 limbs marbled with whitish. Male with two internal vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 1*1 inches. 



Hah. Malabar, in forests. 



Geuus NYCTIBATRACHUS, 

 Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 113, 1882. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue free and deeply notched behind. Vo- 

 merine teeth. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free, toes webbed, 

 the tips dilated into small disks. Outer metatarsals separated by 

 \\e\). Omosternum and sternum with a bony style. Phalanges 

 normal, distal bifurcate. 



Distribution. Southern India. 



Si/nojysis of the Species. 



Toes half webbed N. pyymceus, p. 4:67. 



Toes almost entirely webbed iV. major, p. 468. 



4!). Nyctibatrachus pygmaeiis. 



Raua pygmtea, Giinth. P. Z. S. IS75, p. odS. 



Nyctibatrachiis pygmseus, Bouleiif/. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 11.3, pi. xii, 

 'fig. 1. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique series behind the level of 

 the choausB. Habit stout. Snout very short, without canthus 

 rostralis ; eyes very prominent, obliquely directed forwards and 

 upwards ; upper eyelid very narrow ; interorbital space much 

 broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first shorter 

 than second; toes moderate, half webbed, the tips swollen into 

 very small disks ; subarticidar tubercles not much developed ; a 

 small, blunt, oval, iinier metatarsal tubercle. The tarso- metatarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye or slightly beyond. Skin smooth, 

 with some glandular folds on the head and the front part of the 

 back; a very distinct, oblique fold beneath the eye, and a vertical 

 one on the tip of the snout. Dark brown above, with rather 

 indistinct blackish markings; light brown beneath. Male without 

 vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 1 inch. 



JIab. Anaimalai Hills. 



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