NAKNOPHRTS. 469 



Genus NANNOPHRYS, 



Giinther, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 482. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue free and deeply nicked behind. Vo- 

 merine teeth. Tympanum more or less distinct. Fingers free, 

 toes free, or with a rudiment of web, the tips not dilated. Outer 

 metatarsals united. Omosternum cartilaginous ; sternum a carti- 

 laginous plate, Diapophyses of sacral vertebra slightly dilated. 

 Phalanges normal. 



Diatribution. Ceylon. 



Synopsis of the Sjpecies. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation veacliing the tympamuu or 



eye N. ceylonensis, p. 40t). 



Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching tip of snout. . . . N. (juentheri, p. 409. 



52. Nannophrys ceylonensis. 



Nannophrys ceylonensis, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 482, and 1875, 

 p. 568; Boulenjj. Cat. Bair. Sal. p. 115, pi. xii, tig. 3. 



Trachyceplialus ceylanicus, Feryuson, A. M. N. H. (4) xv, 1875, 

 p. 128. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups close together behind the 

 choanae. Lo^^"er jaw \A"ith two slight prominences in front. Habit 

 stout. Head broad ; snout short, rounded, with angular canthus 

 rostralis ; iuteroi-bital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; in 

 the adult, the skin of the sides of the head and of the forehead 

 becomes involved in the rough cranial ossitication ; tympanum 

 about half the size of the eye. First finger shorter than second : 

 the difference in length between the first and second fingers is the 

 same as that between the second and third ; subarticulai- tubercles 

 of fingers and toes mucli developed ; inner metatarsal tnbercle 

 elongate, rather indistinct ; no outer tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tympanum or the eye. Skin slightly tu- 

 bercular above, smooth beneath ; a fold of the skin uniting the 

 posterior borders of the upper eyelids, and extending fram the eye, 

 over the tympanum, to the shoulder. Upper parts brown, marbled 

 with darker ; upper lip and sides of body and limbs with small 

 light spots ; hind limbs with dark cross bars ; whitish beneath, the 

 male's throat brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs. 



From snout to vent 1'6 inches. 



Ilah. Ceylon. 



53. Nannophrys giientheri. 



Nannophrys guentheri, -6ci«</e«^. Cat. Batv. Sal. p. 115, pi. xii, fig. 4 



Vomerine teeth in two indistinct groups behind the choana?. 

 Lower \^\x with shght traces of bony prominences in front. Head- 

 rather small, \\ ithout bony rugosities ; snout short, rounded, \^-ith 

 angular canthus rostralis ; interorbital space narrower than the 



