1. OXYGLOsSUs. 5 
1. OXYGLOSSUS. 
Oxyglossus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85; Dum. § Bibr. viii. p. 332; Giinth. 
Cat. p. 6; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 117. 
Phrynoglossus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. 
Microdiscopus, Peters, eod. loc. 1877, p. 422. 
Pupil horizontal. Tongue narrow, entire, and free behind. 
Vomerine teeth none. Tympanum indistinct. Fingers free; toes 
webbed, the tips not dilated into regular disks. Outer metatarsals 
separated by web. Omosternum with a bony style; sternum a 
cartilaginous plate. ‘Terminal phalanges simple. 
East Indies. ‘ 
Synopsis of the Species. 
Weneue pointed behind <4... 0.0.03 0.5. 4M 1. lima, p. 5. 
Tongue rounded behind; skin nearly smooth ; 
a single metatarsal tubercle ............ 2. levis, p. 6. 
Tongue rounded behind; skin warty above ; 
two metatarsal tubercles................ 3. martensii, p. 6. 
1. Oxyglossus lima. 
Oxyglossus lima, Giinth. Cat. p. 6. 
Oxyglossus lima, Tschudi, Batr. p. 85; Dum. § Bibr. p. 334, pl. 86, 
f. 4; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 401; Stoliceka, Proc. As. Soc. 
1870, p. 272, and 1872, p. 101. 
Tongue elongate, extensively free and pointed behind. Habit 
stout. Head small; snout rather pointed; interorbital space nar- 
rower than the upper eyelid. Fingers rather slender, pointed, first 
not extending beyond second ; toes pointed, fourth not very much 
longer than third and fifth, broadly webbed ; subarticular tubercles 
very small ; two conical metatarsal tubercles ; a small tarsal tubercle 
just below the tibio-tarsal articulation. The hind limb being carried 
forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 
tip of the snout. Above with numerous small warts, beneath with 
symmetrical rows.of pores. Brownish above, with darker markings ; 
sometimes a light vertebral stripe; whitish below, with a dark 
brown band beneath the arm and along the hinder side of the thigh, 
and a brown L-shaped mark on each side of the lower belly. Male 
with an internal subgular vocal sac. 
Java; E. India; 8. China. 
ae. dO. Java. Leyden Museum. 
d. Q. : Jaya. Dr. Bleeker. 
e. Several spec.: 5,9, Siam. M. Mouhot [C.]. 
& her. 
rg: Hae Gamboja. M. Mouhot [C.]. 
bk. Pegu. 
gle Birmah. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
k Q. China. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [ P.]. 
a Ss . China ? — Adams, Esq, [C.]. 
