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Habit stout, toad-like. 



Head convex , broader than long; snout rounded, not pro- 

 jecting, shorter than the eye ; canthus rostralis verj' obtuse ; 

 loreal region oblique, feebly concave; nostril equidistant from the 

 eye and from the tip of the snout, or nearer the former ; distance 

 between the nostrils equal to or a little greater than the inter- 

 orbital width, which is | to f that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, ? to 5 the diameter of the eye, 2 to 3 times its distance 

 from the latter. 



Fingers rather short, obtuse, first much longer than the 

 second, as long as or a little shorter than the third, which is longer 

 than the snout ; subarticular tubercles large and very prominent 

 or subconical. 



Hind limb very short, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching 

 the axil or the shoulder, the heels separated or just meeting when 

 the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 2 to 3 

 times as long as broad, 2f to 3 times in length from snout to 

 vent, much shorter than the fore limb, shorter than the foot. 

 Toes rather short, obtuse, J to ^ webbed ; outer metatarsals 

 united; subarticular tubercles small, prominent; no tarsal fold; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle large, strongly compressed, inserted 

 obliquely at the base of the first toe, which it considerably ex- 

 ceeds in length ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth or granulate above, sometimes with elongate 

 warts or interrupted longitudinal glandular folds along the back ; 

 a more or less distinct curved fold from the eye to the shoulder. 

 Belly and lower surface of thighs granulate. 



Brown or yellowish above, with dark brown spots or marb- 

 lings, the spots sometimes disposed with great symmetry ; a yellow 

 vertebral streak or broad band often present ; often a yellowish 

 band from the upper eyelid to the groin ; usually a dark canthal 

 streak and dark vertical bars on the upper lip ; limbs usually with 

 irregular dark cross-bands, groin and hinder side of thighs dark 

 brown with yellow spots, or marbled dark brown and yellow. 

 Lower parts white, throat sometimes with brown spots. 



Males with a vocal sac forming folds on the sides of the throat, 

 which are black or blackish. 



Nasal bones rather small, separated from each other and 

 from the frontoparietals ; ethmoid largely exposed above, produced 

 forward beyond the nasals. Omosternal style forked at the base. 

 Terminal phalanges obtuse. 



The tadpole, described and figured by Ferguson, and of which 

 I have examined two specimens, is not unlike that of R. limno- 

 charis. Beak edged with black, lower mandible finely serrated ; 

 horny labial teeth in a long marginal upper series followed b}^ an 

 interrupted inner series, and in 3 uninterrupted lower series, the 

 outermost very short ; fleshy papillae on the sides of the lip. 



Eggs I millim. in diameter. 



