3, KHACOPHOEUS. 



HOEUS. / / ^ 



2. S^hacophorus ^ i s p a K . <^ 



Polypedates dispar, Buetfg. Btr. >Senckenb. Ges. 1878-79, p. 86, and 

 Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. xi. 1879, p. 32. 



Vomerine teeth in two groups behind the level of the hinder edge of 

 the choanoe. Snout as in B. mavulatus ; canthus rostralis moderate ; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum about half the size of the eye. 

 Fingers slightly but distinctly webbed ; toes entirely webbed ; disks 

 moderate, much smaller than the tympanum ; a small, prominent, 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being cariied forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 

 Skin smooth above, with numerous small warts on the middle of the 

 back and along the limbs in the male ; granular beneath ; a fold 

 above the tympanum. Greyish or brown above, variously spotted 

 or dotted w ith blackish ; canthus rostralis blackish ; male with two 

 whitish lines along each side of the back ; limbs cross-barred. 



Nossi Ee, Madagascar. 



3. Ehacophorus crossleyi. 



Polypedates crossleyi, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 618. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups beginning on a level with 

 the hinder edge of the choanse. Snout rounded ; canthus rostralis 

 distinct; loreal region very slightly concave ; nostril nearer the ti^) 

 of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers very slightly 

 webbed ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; disks of fingers and toes well 

 developed, as large as the tympanum ; subai'ticular tubercles mode- 

 rate ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the eye, or slightly beyond. Skin smooth, granular on the belly 

 and under the thighs ; a strong fold above the tympanum. Light 

 greyish brown above, with black specks ; loreal and temporal regions 

 darker ; limbs rather indistinctly cross-barred. Male with an in- 

 ternal vocal sac. 



Madagascar. 



a-b. (5 5 ■ Madagascar, 



c. fJgr. Anzahamaru. 



"'" 4VRhacophorus? lugaibris. X? y / - . 



Polypedates lugubris^M. Biim. Ann. Sc. ivW. (3) xix. pAsZ. 



VWcrine teeth in two oVHque series betweek the choante. Nos- 

 tril nVar the tip of the suout\tympanum nearly as large as the eye. 

 lielly q^te smooth. Elackishisrown above, slighuj^ speckled with 

 white ; bclh- whitish, mottled wiui black. 



Madagascar. 



