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DYSCOPIIID^. 



Family III. DYSCOPHID.^. 



Upper jaw toothed ; diapoj^li^'ses of sacral vertebi'a dilated. 

 Of tlie 8 genera a:id 12 species known, all are inhabitants of 

 Madagascar, with the exception of the Burmese CallaeJla. 



Genus CALLUELLA, 

 Stoliczka, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 14 5. 



Pupil vertical. Tongue oval, entire and free behiud. A trans- 

 verse, interrupted series of palatine teeth. Two cutaneous folds 



across the palatt^ in front of the 



oesophagus. Tympanum hidden. 



Fingers free, toes webbed, the tips 



not dilated. Outer metatarsals 



united. Coracoids strong ; pra-cora- 



coids very weak, imperfectly ossified, 



resting upon coracoids ; no omo- 



Fig. 137. — Palate of steruum ; sternum a small cartila- 



CuUudla (juttaltdu. ginous plate. Dia])oph_yses of sacral 



vertebra moderately dilated. Teruiinal pluilanges simple. 



A single species. 



102. Canuella guttulata. 



Megalophrys guttulata. BI /th, J. A. S.B. xxiv, 1855, p. 717. 

 CalluLi guttulata, Gunth. P. Z. S. 1808, ]>. 4'JO, pi. xl, tig. 1. 

 Calluella guttulata, Stol. P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 14G; Boiik-nq. Cut. 

 Batr. Sal. -p. 18\. 



Head small ; snout short, rounded ; interorbital space broader 

 than the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first a little shorter 

 than second ; toes moderate, not one-third webbed ; tips of fingers 

 and toes blunt ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle large, shovel-shaped ; outer metatar.sal tubercle 

 absent or indistinct. The tarso-nietatarsal articulation reaches the 

 eye. Skin perfectly smooth ; a rather indistinct fold across the 

 head, behind the eyes ; another fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Upper parts pink or yellowish olive, coarsely marbled with brown, 

 the brown marks edged by a black line ; a loug transverse black 

 mark across the ^•ent and hinder surface of thighs ; beneath 

 immaculate, the male's throat blackish, 

 vocal sae. 



From snout to vent 2 inches. 



IJah. Pegu and Tenasserim. 



Male with a subgular 



