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Hind limb long or ver}^ long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reach- 

 ing the nostril, the tip of the snout, or considerably be^^ond, the 

 heels strongly overlapping when the limbs are folded at right angles 

 to the body; tibia 41 to 5 times as long as broad, li to if times in 

 length from snout to vent, as long as or shorter than the fore limb, 

 a little longer than the foot. Toes moderately long, the tips dilated 

 into small but very distinct discs, -| to j webbed, 2 or 3 phalanges 

 of fourth free; subarticular tubercles moderate; no tarsal fold; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle moderately or feebly prominent, f to i the 

 length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Upper parts with small warts which may form interrupted 

 longitudinal folds; a dorso-lateral fold, beginning behind the upper 

 eyelid, if present, not extending beyond the scapular region; a 

 glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder. Lower parts smooth. 



Coloration very variable. Brown or olive above, with darker 

 spots on the back and a dark bar between the eyes, sometimes with 

 a yellowish cross-bar in front of it ; upper surface of snout some- 

 times entirely yellowish ; lips with dark vertical bars ; two yellow- 

 ish dorsal stripes, or a yellowish vertebral stripe, somxCtimes pre- 

 sent; limbs with dark cross-bands. Yellowish white beneath, 

 throat and breast often spotted, marbled, or mottled with brown. 



Males without vocal sacs. 



Nasal bones moderately large, separated on the median line ; 

 a small portion of the ethmoid uncovered; z^T'gomatic branch of 

 squamosal moderately long. Omosternum forked at the base. 



Measurements in millimetres. 



1—4. Flores. 5. Tomohon. Celebes. 6—7. S. Celebes. 8. Tawi-Tawi, Sooloo 

 Ids. 9. Sandakan, N. Borneo. 10. Tjibodas, Java, 4700— 6500 ft. {Ind. Mus.). 



Habitat. Originally described from the mountains of Java, 

 this small frog has since been found in the Philippines {R. leytensis), 

 in Borneo, Sumatra, Mentawi, the Sooloo Islands, Celebes and 

 Flores. 



