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3. RHACOPHORUS. 85 
es: aes Singapore. . 
mf. Java. Leyden Museum. 
yi, ec-dd. 9 & hgr. Philippines. 
a 7 O.. Formosa. M. Dickson, Esq. [P.}. 
ST f-hh. “4 her., & yg. E. Indies. 
19. Rhacephorus eques. 
Polypedates eques, Giinth. Cat. p. 80, pl. vi. f. B. 
Polypedates eques, Grinth. Rept. Brit, Ind. p. 421. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique series commencing from the inner 
front edge of the choane. Snout triangular; canthus rostralis 
angular; loreal region concave ; nostril much nearer the tip of the 
snout than the eye ; interorbital space broader than the upper eye- 
lid; tympanum about two thirds the width of the eye. Fingers 
very slightly, toes two-thirds webbed; disks of fingers nearly as 
large as the ty mpanum, of toes rather smaller ; subarticular tubercles 
moder ate ; 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. Upper parts smooth; 
beneath granular ; a narrow glandular fold from behind the eye to 
beyond the shoulder; another along the forearm and tarsus ; tibio- 
tarsal articulation with a cutaneous spur ; vent surrounded by large 
tubercles. Greyish above, with a dark hourglass-shaped spot on 
the back, commencing between the eyes; legs cross-barred. Male 
with an internal vocal sac. 
Ceylon. 
a, bf. g. Ceylon. (Types.) 
g-h,t. 2. Ceylon. bir is Smith [P.]. 
k. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 
l. Q. Ceylon. Mr. Holdsworth [P.]. 
20. Rhacophorts nasutus. 
Polypedates nasutus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 486, pl. 39, 
£2, 
Very closely allied to &. eques. Snout much longer, equalling 
about twice the greatest diameter of the eye, its extremity projecting 
in a pointed cutaneous appendage. Otherwise exactly the same as 
Zt. eques. Brownish olive above; legs with dark cross-bands; two 
blackish lines along each side of the body, and another along the 
middle of the throat ; lower lip black-margined. 
Ceylon. 
a 2% S. Ceylon. yp e.) 
62-08 Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 
