1913.] N. Annandale : Batrachia and Lizards. 305 



The young frog, immediately after its metamorphosis is com- 

 plete, is already almost as large as the adult. 



Ixalus semiruber, sp. nov. 



(Plate XV, fig. 3.) 



Size very small, the length from snout to vent being not 

 more than 12 mm. 



HaUt stout ; limbs moderate, tibio-tarsal articulation reach- 

 ing a point midway between the eye and the tip of the snout. 



Head. vSnout bluntly rounded, about as long as diameter of 

 orbit, with the nostril slightly nearer to its tip than to the eye ; 

 loreal region slightly concave; tympanum concealed; eyes large 

 and prominent; dorsal surface of head slightly concave; inter- 

 orbital space broader than upper eyelid. Tongue with a small free 

 papilla; lower jaw with a tooth at the tip. 



Skin of dorsal surface smooth, highly glandular but without 

 prominent single glands ; of throat and chest smooth, of belly and 

 (to a less extent) of lower surface of thighs granular; a fold from 

 the eye to the shoulder. 



bis^its with very small but distinct terminal disks; fingers 

 with a vestigial web; toes about 1/3 webbed; ist finger shorter 

 than 2nd; subarticular tubercles large, rounded; metacarpal 

 tubercles distinctly indicated; a large oval inner metatarsal 

 tubercle present ; no tarsal fold. 



Colouration. Dorsal surface of head, fore limbs and anterior 

 part of body dark brown ; posterior part of body and hind limbs 

 pale brown'(in life red); throat and chest suffused with dark pig- 

 ment; belly pale brown with whitish granules ; fore limbs obscurely 

 banded ; all the digits more distinctly so ; no reticulate markings. 



Type No. 17401, Kept. Ind. Mm. 



Habitat. Pattipola near Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, 

 Ceylon ; alt. ca. 6000 ft. 



This little frog is related to the common S. Indian species 

 /. glandulosus, from which it differs in its smaller size, stouter 

 habit, less blunt snout, smooth chest and totally different coloura- 

 tion. It is common under fallen tree-trunks in the jungle round 

 Pattipola and has probably escaped notice hitherto on account of 

 its small size. I collected only a single specimen, although I saw 

 more, in October, 191 1. 



LACERTILIA* 



Fam. GECKONIDAE. 



Alsophylax himalayensis, sp. nov. 



(Plate XV, fig. I.) 



Habit stout, not at all depressed. 



Head strongly convex in lateral view ; snout bluntly pointed, 

 about as long as the distance from the eye to the ear ; forehead 



