298 KANIDiE. 



15. E-ANA CAMERANI. 



(Plate XIX.) 



Bana oxyrhina (non Steenstrup), Filippi. Viag». Pers., p. 357 



(1865). 

 Bana camerani, Bonlenger, Bull. Soc. Zoo]. France, 1886, p. 597; 



Boettger, Ber. Senck. Ges., 1892, p. 134; Boulenger, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 550, pi. xxi. fig. 1. 

 Bana holtzi, Werner, Zcol. Anz., 1898, p. 222. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups close 

 together, just behind the level of the posterior borders 

 of the choanal 



Head a little broader than long; snout as long as 

 the diameter of the orbit, more or less acuminate and 

 strongly projecting beyond the mouth ; canthus ros- 

 tralis distinct ; loreal region very oblique, grooved ; 

 nostril equally distant from the eye and the end of the 

 snout ; interorbital space narrow, measuring one-half 

 to two-thirds the width of the upper eyelid, narrower 

 than the distance between the nostrils ; tympanum 

 very distinct, distant from the eye, and measuring 

 about half its diameter. 



Fingers obtuse, first and second equal, or first 

 extending very slightly beyond second ; subarticular 

 tubercles moderate. 



The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye or the 

 nostril ; tibia as long as or slightly shorter than the 

 fore limb, a little longer than the femur, as long as or 

 slightly shorter than the foot ; the heels overlap when 

 the limbs are folded. Toes slender, obtuse, two- 

 thirds to three-fourths webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 moderately developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle soft, 

 oval, measuring two-fifths to one-half the length of 

 the inner toe ; a small outer metatarsal tubercle at the 

 base of the fourth toe. 



Skin smooth or with small warts ; glandular dorso- 

 lateral folds strong and prominent, much narrower 

 than the upper eyelid ; these folds nearly straight, 



