508 bufonida:. 



region vertical ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, one tliird the diameter of the eye. First finger 

 not extending beyond second ; toes entirely webbed, with single 

 subarticular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal 

 fold. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout 

 or beyond. Upper surfaces with very prominent, conical, spinose 

 tubercles ; parotoids very prominent, small, subtriangular or 

 roundish. Uniform broMii or l)lackish above ; beneath whitish, 

 immacidate or spotted with black. ]\[alo w ith an intei^nal subgular 

 vocal sac. 



From snout to vent inches. 



Hah. Toiiasserini (Mergui), Malay Peninsula. Sumatra, Boimeo, 

 Ja\a. 



Genus COPHOPHRYNE, 



Eoulenger, A. :\r. X. U. (o) xx, 1887, p. 40(1 



Pupil vertical. Tongue elliptical, free and very slightly nicked 

 behind. jVo tympanum ; eustachian tubes extremely small, scarcely 

 perceptible. Fingers free, toes uearly free, the tips not dilated. 

 Outer metatarsals united. A cai'tilaginous omosternum ; sternum 

 with a slender bony style. Sacral ^'crtebra with very strongly 

 dilated diapophyses, and one condyle for articulation with coccyx. 



A single species. 



119. Cophophryne sikkimensis. 



IJombiuator sikkimmensis, Bhjt/t, J. A. H. B. xxiii, 1854, p. 300. 

 Scutiger sikkiinmeiisis, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. 8nc. Mui. 18()8, p. 83. 

 Jkifo sikkiiuuit'usis, Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. i204. 

 Cophophryne sikkimensis, Boulem/. A. M. N. II. (o) xx, 1887, 

 p. 4n(). ' 



Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, with indistinct canthus 

 rostralis ; interorbital space a little narrower than the upper eyelid. 

 Fingers and toes blunt, without subarticular tubercles ; first and 

 second fingers t-qual ; an indistinct rudiment of web between the 

 toes ; a large, elliptical, very feebly prominent inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 shoulder or the angle of the mouth. Upper parts with large porous 

 warts, w hich may form irregular longitudinal series on the back ; 

 a narrow parotoid gland, ill-defined above, extends obliquely from 

 the eye to the extremity of the jaws ; lower parts perfectly smooth. 

 Olive-brow n above, the w arts darker and dotted with lighter ; a 

 light triangular spot on the forehead, the base between the eyes, 

 tiie apex touching the lip ; loreal region dark ; limbs with dark 

 marlilings. Male without vocal sacs; during tlu^ breediiig-season 

 with two plat(^-like callosities on either side of the thorax, thickly 



