1. OXTGLOSSTTS. 5 



1. OXYGLOSSUS. 



Oxyglossus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 80 ; Dum. ^- Bihr. viii. p. 832 ; Gdnth 



Cat. p. 6 ; Cope, Nat. Hist Rev. ISG-j, p. 117. 

 Phryuoglossus, Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1867, p 29 

 Microdiscopus, Peters, eod. loc. 1877, p. 422. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue narrow, entire, and free behind 

 Vomerine teeth none. Tymi)auum indistinct. Fingers free : toes 

 webbed, the tips not dilated into regular disks. Outer mctatirsals 

 separated by web. (Jmostcrnum with a bony style : sternum a 

 cartilagnious plate. Terminal phalanges simple. 



East Indies. 



Synojjsis of the Species. 



Tongue pointed behind 1. u^na, p. 5 



Tongue rounded behind ; skin nearly smooth ; " 



a single metatarsal tubercle 2. Icevis, p. 6 



Tongue rounded behind; skin warty above; 



two metatarsal tubercles .' .' 3. martendi, p. 6. 



1. Oxyglossus lima. 



Oxyglossus lima, Giinth. Cat. p. 6. 

 Oxyglossus hma, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85 ; Dum. <§- Bibr. p. .334 pi 86 



Tongue elongate, extensively free and pointed behind. Habit 

 stout. Head small; snont rather pointed; inter orbital space nar- 

 rower than the upper eyelid. Fingers rather slender, pointed first 

 not extending beyond second ; toes pointed, fourth not very much 

 longer than third and fifth, broadly webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 very small ; two conical metatarsal tubercles ; a smaU tarsal tubercle 

 just below the tibio-tarsal articulation. The hind limb being carried 

 torwarcs aloug the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 

 tip ot tlie snout. Above with numerous small warts, beneath with 

 symmetrical rows of pores. Brownish above, with darker markino-g • 

 sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; whitish below, with a dark 

 brown band beneath the arm and along the hinder side of the thi-h 

 and a brown L-shaped mark on each side of the lower belly Male 

 with an internal subgular vocal sac. 

 Java : E. India ; S. China. 



"r^- '^ 2 • Java. Leydeu Museum. 



"• ^ • , Java. Dr. Bleek-er. 



e. Several spec. : J , ? , Siam. M. Mouhot [0.1 



f-ff. Hgr. Gamboja. M. Mouhot [0.]. 



. • + • Pegu. 



I. ^' . Birmah. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. fP.! 



, ■ o ■ S'""^- J- ^- Reeves, Esq. TP.]. 



■ ^' China? — Adams, Esq. [C.]. 



