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Head large and strongly depressed, as long as broad or a 

 little broader than long, broader than the body; snout rounded or 

 obtusely pointed, moderately or feebly projecting, as long as or 

 slightly longer than the eye ; canthus rostraUs distinct ; loreal 

 region oblique, concave ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than 

 the eye ; distance between the nostrils equal to or less than the 

 interorbital width, which is equal to or greater than that of the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, | to once the diameter of 

 the eye, close to it or separated from it by a space not exceeding 

 ^ its diameter. 



Fingers rather slender, swollen at the end, first longer than 

 the second, third usually longer than the snout ; subarticular tu- 

 bercles large and very prominent. 



Hind limb rather short and thin ; tibio tarsal articulation 

 reaching the tympanum or the e3^e, heels meeting or feebly over- 

 lapping when the limbs are folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 

 4 to 4^ times as long as broad, 2j to 2| times in length from snout 

 to vent, much shorter than the fore limb, a little longer than the 

 foot. Toes rather short, the tips dilated into very small discs 

 which are longer than broad, with or without a feeble groove 

 between the upper and the lower surface, | to nearly entirely 

 webbed, the web extending to the discs of the third and fifth, and 

 penetrating about f down between the outer metatarsals ; subarticu- 

 lar tubercles moderately large, very prominent ; no tarsal fold ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle oval, very prominent, f to ^ the length of 

 the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Skin smooth ; a narrow but rather prominent glandular dorso- 

 lateral fold, from above the tympanum to the groin ; another, 

 oblique^ behind the tympanum to above the fore limb ; the distance 

 between the dorso-lateral folds, or the sacral region^ e to i the 

 length of head and bod}^ 



Grey, pale brown, or crimson above, with or without scattered 

 small black spots, the sides darker brown to black; a blackish 

 oblique spot or band below the eye ; the temporal region sometimes 

 lighter than the sides behind it ; upper lip with a blackish margin ; 

 limbs dark purplish brown, without cross-bands; fight brown to 

 dark brown beneath, black in the young. 



Males with internal vocal sacs ; the fore limb more robust ; 

 a small patch of grey velvety rugosities on the inner metacarpal 

 tubercle and on the inner side of the first finger. 



Nasal bones moderately large, separated from each other 

 and from the ethmoid, which is exposed and truncate in front; 

 frontoparietals broad and flat ; zygomatic branch of the squamosal 

 not longer than the posterior. Terminal phalanges feebly ex- 

 panded at the end. 



Tadpole remarkable for the presence of a more or less distinct 

 oval parotoid gland on each side, which persists in the young 

 and sometimes even in half-grown specimens ; the tail obtusely 

 pointed and about i^ times as long as the body. Beak edged with 

 black ; labial teeth in 8 upper and 8 lower series, the outer upper 



