86 



21. Rhacopliorus appendiculatus. (Plate YIII. fig. 4.) 

 Polypedates appendiculatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 79. 



Yomerine teeth in t^yo oblique series commencing from the inner 

 front edge of the choanse. Snout subtriangular ; canthus rostralis 

 rounded ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril nearer the tip of 

 the snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers one third, 

 toes nearly entirely webbed ; disks well developed, about as large as 

 the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles very prominent, double under 

 the third and fourth fingers ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin smooth above, or 

 with small warts, granular on the belly and under the thighs ; cu- 

 taneous promiucncus beneath the vent and on the tibio-tarsal arti- 

 culation ; a cutaneous fringe along the inner edge of the tarsus and 

 forearm. Greyish above ; legs indistinctlj' cross-barrod. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. Hgr. Philippines. (Type.) 



h. Hgr. Dinagat Island. Mr. Everett [C.]. 



22. Ehacophorus tuberculatus. 



Polypedates tuberculatus, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. 1871, p. 20. 



Yomerine teeth in two widely separated small rounded groups 

 close to the internal angle of the choanfe. Snout rounded and some- 

 what pointed ; canthus rostralis indistinct ; nostril near the tip of 

 the snout ; tympanum two thirds the size of the eye. Fingers 

 broadly webbed, the membrane between the three outer reaching 

 the disks ; toes incompletely webbed ; disks large ; a small oblong 

 inner metatarsal tubercle. Skin smooth ; belly and underside of 

 thighs granular, the granules intermixed with large round tubercles; 

 a fold above the tympanum. Upper surfaces uniform deep brown; 

 legs faintly cross-barred : sometimes a violet spot on the tip of the 

 snout, another before the eye, and a broad violet band with dark 

 margins from the eye along the side to the groin ; brownish yellow 

 below, with a blackish region round the vent, a short way along the 

 thighs ; tubercles of abdomen and thighs darker. 



Seebsanger, Assam. 



23. Ehacophorus schlegelii. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Polypedates schlegelii, Giinfh. Cat. p. 81, pi. vi. fig. G. 

 Hyla aiborca, var. japonica, part., Schleg. Faun. Japon. p. 112, pi. 3. 

 f. 5. 

 -fJ 'Lilypffdatp? virid-o, Hftihm. Proe. A v . mHiul liim, p . 1S1 . 



Yomerine teeth in two slightly oblique series commencing from 

 the inner front edge of the choante. . Snout rounded ; canthus ros- 



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