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large black irregular spot on the groin, and two yellow ones on the 
sides ; limbs cross-barred; chest and belly yellowish, the former 
with fine brown punctulations. 
Kakhyen Hills. 
21. Ixalus chalazodes. 
Ixalus chalazodes, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 474, pl. 67. f. B. 
Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 
median line. Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; can- 
thus rostralis indistinct; loreal] region very slightly concave ; 
nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital space 
broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, hidden. Fingers 
free, toes half webbed; disks moderate; subarticular tubercles 
double under the third and fourth fingers; 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 of upper parts smooth; a few round tubercles on 
the flanks, on the hind part of the back, and on the metatarsus ; 
a slight fold from the eye to the shoulder; beneath granular. 
Uniform bluish green above, the round tubercles white. 
Travancore. 
G9: Travancore. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Type.) 
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22. Exalus adspersus. (Prare X. fig. 8.) 
Ixalus adspersus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 87. 
Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; canthus rostralis 
distinct; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril a little nearer the 
tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital space a little broader 
than the upper eyelid; tympanum small, indistinct. Fingers 
slightly, toes two-thirds webbed; disks and subarticular tubercles 
well developed ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb. 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches the eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath; a fold 
from the eye to the shoulder. Upper parts dark violet-brown, with 
numerous round, smaller and larger, yellowish spots; hinder side of 
thighs marbled with brown ; throat and breast marbled with brown. 
Male with an internal vocal sac, the openings of which are larger 
than in the other species of Jvalus. 
Ceylon. 
ind C. Ceylon. G, H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 
f (Type.) 
23. Ixalus flaviventris. (Prarn XI. fig. 1.) 
Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 
