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3. IXAJ,US SILVATICUS. 



Ixalus silvaticus, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 469. 



Tougue witliout a papilla ; tympanum small, indistinct ; fingers free, 

 toes one-third or two- fifths webbed, the membrane extending as a 

 narrow fringe along their sides ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle ; skin 

 smooth above and beneath ; a narrow glandular lateral fold. (Jolour 

 and markings (of spirit specimens): brown above, with rather indistinct 

 darker markings, the most constant being a broad chevron between the 

 eyes ; sides of head blackish brown ; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side 

 of thighs blackish brown, groin and front of thighs frequently rose- 

 coloured ; brown beneath, throat and chest dotted, belly and lower 

 surface of hind limbs marbled with whitish. From snout to vent 27 mm. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar. 



4, Ixalus saxicola. 



Ixalus saxicola, Bhjr. Gat. 1882, p. 97. 



Polypedates Y saxicola, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1853, p. 533. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the middle line ; tympanum 

 small, hidden ; fingers free, toes very broadly webbed ; discs large ; a 

 small inner metatarsal tubercle. Colour and markings (of spirit speci- 

 mens) : olive brown above, with more or less distinct darker reticulations ; 

 limbs cross-barred ; throat and breast often marbled with brown. 



This species is described by Jerdon {I.e. Polypedates? sa.vicola) as 

 being found on rocks in shady mountain streams in Malabar and the 

 Wynaad ; dark olive green with dark marbling, and barred limbs. 



Specimens in the British and Madras Museums from Malabar. 



5. Ixalus leucorhinus [Plate VI. 3]. 



Ixalus leucorhinus, Giinth. Cat. 1858, p. 75; Martens. Nojnencl. 

 Kept. Mas. Berol. 1856, p. 36 ; BIqr. Cat. 1882, p 98. 



ixalus temporalis, Gunth. Repi Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 434, pi. XXVI, 



Tongue without a papilla ; tympanum distinct, half the width of 

 the eye ; fingers very slightly, toes half webbed ; discs moderate ; a 

 small inner metatarsal tubercle. Skin smooth above, granular beneath. 

 Colour and markings (of spirit specimens) : yellowish brown or olive 

 above ; a dark stripe below the canthus rostralis and on the temporal 

 region ; sometimes a large hexagonal light spot on the snout ; generally 

 a dark vitta between the ej^es, and another arched one on each side of 

 the back ; sometimes a light vertebral line or stripe, extending or not 

 along the hind limbs ; throat generally dotted with brown, sometimes 

 quite brown with an immaculate median line. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar and North Canara, 



6. Ixalus femoralis [Plate VI. 4]. 



Ixalus femoralis, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 434, pi. XXVI, 

 fig. D ; Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 101. 



Ixalus pulchellus, Giinth. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1872, ser. 4, Vol. 

 IX, p. 88. 



Ixalus fergusoni, Gixnth. eod. loc. 1876, Vol. XVII, p. 379. 



