'238 THELODERMA LEPROSA. 



Jeu Museum uuder the uame of Hyla leprosa aud which 

 was collected in Sumatra by S. Muller. This genus , es- 

 pecially characterised by the large pointed tubercles , cove- 

 ring the skin of tlie upper parts , is described by him in 

 the following way: > Caput permagnum, trigonum ; rostrum 

 triaugulatum ; nares in apice canthi rostralis , dentes pala- 

 tinos perpaucos (utrinque tres) ; linguam integerrimam pone 

 apice longiusculo; digitos in disco magno globuloso termi- 

 natos , plantas palmatas ; cutem asperrimam , multis trigo- 

 nis et oblongis papillis , acutis extrematibus , tectam ; tym- 

 panum latentem". Though this description is quoted by 

 Dumeril & Bibron , though Schlegel on several places has 

 mentioned and figured Nyla leprosa (vide infra), and the 

 genus Theloderma is aI«o maintained by Cope in his system 

 of Batrachia, it seems to have been quite overlooked by 

 both the authors of the Catalogue of the British Museum , 

 as I cannot find any mentioning of it neither by Günther 

 nor by Boulanger. 



Our specimen may be described as follows : 



3. Theloderma leprosa. 



Theloderma leposa Tschudi , Classif. Batrach. 1839 , p. 

 32 and 73; Dum. & Bibr., Erpét. Géner. Vol. VIII, 1841, 

 p. 499; Cope, Sketch of prim, groups of Batr. sal., Nat. 

 Hist. Rev. 1865 (fide Hoffmann, Bronn's Class, u. Ordn. 

 Amphibien). 



Byla leprosa Schleg., Abbild, 1839 — 44, p. 105; idem, 

 De Dierentuin van Nat. Art. Mag. Amsterdam 1872 , Rep- 

 til, p. 57 with woodcut; idem, Handl. der Dierk. Vol.11, 

 pag. 55, pi. IV, fig. 68. 



Head broad , depressed , with the snout oval , once and 

 a third as long as the diameter of the eye; loreal region 

 oblique ; nostrils prominent , near the tip of the snout ; in- 

 terorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid , 

 tympanum large , two thirds the diameter of the orbit. 

 Tongue heart-shaped , not notched but with a median 

 flap behind; vomerine teeth in two small, sligthly curved 



Notes iroin tlae Leyden IMuseuxu , "Vol. "V. 



