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5. Megalixalus fornasinii. 
Hyperolius fornasinii, Ginth. Cat. p. 89. 
Eucnemis fornasinii, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mossamb., Rept. t. 5. £. 1. 
Hyperolius bivittatus, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg. 1855, p. 56. 
Rappia fornasinii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 479. 
Hyperolius dorsalis, (Sehleg.) Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1879, p. 206, 
pled. 2. 
Tongue heart-shaped. Snout rounded, as long as the orbital 
diameter; tympanum hidden, Fingers one-third webbed, toes 
nearly entirely webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Sian 
with very small scattered tubercles above, granular on the belly and 
under the thighs. Brown above; two white bands along the back, 
confluent on the snout; thighs not coloured. 
Tropical Africa. 
a-b. Her. Mozambique. Prof. Peters [P.]. 
c-d. 9. Shiré Valley, Zambesi. 
e-h. 9. Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [P.]. 
t,he 2. Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [C.}. 
Lalor, Queliimane. Sir J. Kirk [C. ].. 
Wee, Lake Nyassa. 
6. Megalixalus ? spinifrons. 
Hyperolius spinifrons, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 342. 
Tongue elliptic, deeply nicked. Snout rounded; tympanum 
hidden. Fingers slightly webbed. Skin of upper surfaces smooth, 
except upon the front and muzzle, where it is studded with acute 
tubercles as in the cyprinid genus Ceratichthys. Above yellowish 
brown, with a dark-brown lateral band between the eye and the 
groin, which is pale-bordered anteriorly ; also a median band which 
commences between the eye, and becomes wider and more indistinct 
posteriorly ; femur not paler than tibia. 
Umvoti, W. Africa, 
7. Megalixalus spinosus, 
Hyperolius spinosus, Buchh. § Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 208, 
pl. 1. £ 2; 
Tongue heart-shaped. Head large ; snout longer than the greatest 
orbital diameter; tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes two-thirds 
webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 
tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper parts 
covered with spinous warts; belly and underside of thighs granulate, 
Dark brown or grey aboye, with three dark cross bands, one between 
the eyes, the other across the front part of the back, the third on the 
sacrum; limbs cross-barred ; thighs coloured; grey or blackish 
brown beneath, punctulated with white. 
Camaroons, W. Africa, 
