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5. SPHENOPHRYNE.—6, CALOPHRYNUS. 1s 
1. Melanobatrachus indicus. 
Melanobatrachus indicus, Beddome, /. c. 
Snout short, blunt, with rather indistinct canthus rostralis ; 
interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers short, 
depressed, first much shorter than second; toes rather short, de- 
pressed, one-third webbed; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles 
very indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 
body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 
Upper surfaces tubercular; sides and lower surfaces smooth. 
Black ; tubercles of back greyish; belly dotted with greyish; a 
large whitish (scarlet) spot on the lower surface of the thigh. Male 
with a subgular vocal sac. 
S.W. India. 
a od. Anamallays, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome [P.]. (One 
of the types.) 
b oS. N. Travancore. Col. Beddome |{ P. ]. 
€9. 35 2, & lige. ee 3000- Col. Beddome [C. |. 
4500 ft. 
5. SPHENOPHRYNE. 
Sphenophryne, Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 430. 
Pupil horizontal. Tongue heart-shaped, free behind. Vomerine 
teeth none. Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, the tips 
dilated into distinct disks. Outer metatarsals united. Coracoids 
dilated, precoracoid weak ; no omosternum ; sternum a cartilaginous 
plate. Sacral diapophyses dilated. 
New Guinea. 
1. Sphenophryne cornuta. 
Sphenophryne cornuta, Peters § Doria, l.c. pl. 7, f. 4. 
Physiognomy of Hyla awrantiaca. Snout pointed, with distinct 
canthus rostralis; loreal region nearly vertical; tympanum one 
third the diameter of the eye. First finger much shorter than 
second ; tips of fingers large, of toes rather smaller; no prominent 
metatarsal tubercles. 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 above, beneath with small scat- 
tered tubercles; a small spiniform tubercle on the upper eyelid. 
Brown above, blackish spotted and marbled; an irregular blackish 
line from the chin to the ventral region. 
N. Guinea. 
6. CALOPHRYNUS. 
Calophrynus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 86; Giinth. Cat. p.54; Cope, Journ. 
Ac, Philad, (2) vi. 1867, p. 195. 
Berdmorea, Stoliczka, Proc, As. Soc. 1872, p. 146. 
