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2. CMroleptes brevipalmatus. (Plate XVII. fig. 5.) 



Chiroleptes brevipalmatus, GiuUh. Journ. Mus. Godeffr. xii. 1876, 

 p. 47. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked bebind. Vomerine teetb in 

 two straight series between the choanse. Head moderate ; snout 

 rounded, not much longer than the orbital diameter : nostril equally 

 distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space, as 

 broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first much longer than 

 second ; toes short, hardly one-third webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, compressed, shovel- 

 like ; no outer tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tympanum. 

 Skin minutely granular above and beneath. Urownish olive above, 

 with symmetrical brown markings, one of wbich is a large inter- 

 ocular spot ; a dark streak from the tip of the snout through the 

 eye and over the tympanum to the shoulder ; a white vertebral 

 line ; hinder side of thighs not coloured, Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 



Australia. 



Types 



3. Chiroleptes brevipes. 

 Chiroleptes brevipes, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 648. 



Tongue elliptic, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 

 oblique series between the choana?. Head as long as broad ; nostril 

 a little nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; tympanum distinct, 

 two thirds the diameter of the eye. Toes not half webbed : sub- 

 art icular tubercles of fingers much stronger than of toes ; a large, 

 shovel-like, inner metatarsal tubercle ; no outer tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle 

 reaches the nostril. Skin granular on the back and belly. Reddish 

 brown above, spotted and marbled with black ; a triangular black 

 spot between the eyes ; a black streak from the tip of the snout 

 tbrough the eye and over the tympanum to the shoulder ; a white 

 vertebral line ; hinder side of thighs black. 



Fort Powcii, Australia. 



4. Chiroleptes australis. 



Chiroleptes australis, Giinth. Cat. p. 34. 

 Alytes australis, Gray, Zool. Mi*r. p. 56. 

 l'hractops alutaceus, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 30. 

 Cyclorana novas hollandiae, Steindachn. Novara.Amph. p. 29, pi. 2. 



f. 7-10. 

 Chiroleptes australis, Giinth. Zool. Pec. iv. p. 145. 



