MEGALOPHRYS. 281 



299. Megalophrys gracilis. 



Leptobraclmim yracile, Giintli. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 598 ; Bouleng. Cat. 



Batr. Ecaud. p. 440 (1882) ; id. Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. 



iii, p. 61 (1908). 

 3Iegalophrys gi-acilis, Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1908, p. 421, pi. xxv, fig, 1. 



Tongue nicked behind. Vomerine teeth absent. Head mode- 

 rate, as long as broad or slightly broader than long ; snout rounded, 

 not projecting beyond lower jaw; canthus rostralis distinct; 

 loreal region not very oblique, concave; interorbital space a little 

 narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, | diameter 

 of eye. Eingers sliglitly swollen at the end, first and second equal 

 and about | length of third ; no subarticular tubercles ; two meta- 

 carpal tubercles, inner very large, outer small. Toes rather long 

 and slender, with blunt or slightly swollen tips, with a very short 

 web at the base; no subarticular tubercles, but a more or less 

 distinct dermal ridge along the lower surface ; a feebly prominent, 

 elliptical inner metatarsal tubercle. Tibio- tarsal articulation 

 reaching tip of snout ; tibia a little more than | length from 

 snout to vent ; foot shorter than tibia, but longer than head. 

 Skin smootli ; a curved glandular fold above tympanum. Grreyish 

 olive to dark olive above, with more or less distinct darker spots 

 or symmetrical markings on the head and body and cross-bars on 

 the limbs ; a whitish spot below the eye and another on the arm 

 and elbow sometimes present ; lower parts dirty white, with or 

 without irregular brown spots. 



Total length 44 millim. 



First discovered in Borneo, this species has been found in 

 Gunong Tahan, Pahang, at an altitude of 5200 feet. 



The eggs in the oviduct are very large and comparatively few, 

 the diameter of the vitelline sphere being 2 millim. 



300. Megalophrys heteropus. 



Leptobrdcldum heteropus, Bouleug. Aun. & Mag. Xat. Hist. (7) vi, 



p. 186 (1900). 

 Megalophrys heteropus, Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1908, p. 422, pi. xxv, tig. 2. 



Tongue nicked behind. Vomerine teeth absent. Head mode- 

 rate, as long as broad ; snout truncate at the end, not projecting 

 beyond lower jaw ; canthus rostralis strong ; loreal region not 

 very obli(iue, concave ; interorbital space as broad as tlie upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, k diameter of eye. Fingers blunt, 

 first and second equal and about | length of third ; no subarticular 

 tubercles ; two metacarpal tubercles, inner very large, outer small. 

 Toes moderately long, blunt, ^^■ebbed at the base only, the web 

 continued as a shght fringe along each side ; a strong dermal 

 ridge or keel along the lower surface of the third and fourth toes ; 

 a small, feebly prominent, oval inner metatarsal tubercle. Tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaching eye ; tibia h length from snout to 

 vent ; foot shorter than tibia, but longer than head. Skin smooth, 



