3. RHACOPHORUS. 79 
8.-Rhaeophorus surdus. 
Polypedates surdus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 459. 
Vomerine teeth in two short oblique series between the choane. 
Snout rounded; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region concave ; 
nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; tympanum entirely 
hidden. Fingers slightly, toes a little more than half webbed ; disks 
of fingers moderate, of toes rather large; two slightly developed 
metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. 
Skin with a few very small tubercles above, granular beneath. Dark 
brown above; a greenish-white stripe from the eye to the axilla; 
sides of the body brown-marbled on whitish ground; limbs cross- 
barred ; hinder side of thighs marbled with brown; brown beneath, 
the throat speckled with white. 
Luzon. 
9. Rhaeophorus microtympanum. 
Polypedates microtympanum, Griinth. Cat. p. 77, pl. vi. f. A. 
Polypedates microtympanum, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 480. 
Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups between the choane. 
Snout short, rounded; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region 
slightly concave; nostril nearly halfway between the eye and the 
tip of the snout; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 
tympanum not half the width of the eye. Fingers slightly, toes 
half webbed ; disks of fingers and toes well developed, as large as 
the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a small inner 
metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and 
the tip of the snout. Skin smooth aboye, or with small warts; a 
narrow fold above the tympanum; beneath granular. Grey or 
brownish above, blackish spotted ; generally a cross band between the 
eyes and a curved stripe on each side of the back; limbs cross- 
barred. Male with an internal vocal sac. 
Ceylon. 
Gb cutn-ef 8; o, Ceylon. (Types.) 
Ww yg. 
k, U, m-n. 3, 2, her, Ceylon. 
Ww yg: 
o. Her. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P. ]. 
p. Several spec., 9 & yg. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 
qv. Yg. Newera Ellia. Dr. A. Gunther [P.]. 
&. 9. S. Ceylon. 
10. Rhacophorus pleurostictus. 
Polypedates pleurostictus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 430, pl. 26. 
a 
Resembles very much &. microtympanum. Fingers rather longer 
