14. cacopus.—15. GLYPHOGLOSSUS. 075 
a-c. ¢ & her. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [ P.]. 
d. 2, skeleton. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [ P. }. 
e. Several spec.: ¢, 2,  Balarangam Hills. Col. Beddome [C. ]. 
her., & yg. 
f-h. 9 & her. Plains of India. Col. Beddome [C. ]. 
ee Or: India. 
k. Sg. ? Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
2. Cacopus globulosus. 
Cacopus globulosus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 416, pl. 26. f. K; 
Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 201. 
Systoma globulosum, Cope, Jowrn. Ac. Philad, (2) vi. 1867, p. 194. 
Differs from the preceding in the following points :—Habit 
stouter, globular; snout longer (measuring nearly twice the orbital 
diameter), with distinct but obtuse canthus rostralis; interor- 
bital space three times the width of the upper eyelid; inner 
metatarsal tubercle longer than second toe. Brown, uniform or 
spotted with darker. 
Madras Presidency. 
a,b. 2 & yg. Russelconda. Dr. Trail [P.]. (Types.) 
e-d. 2 & her. Russelconda. Col. Beddome [C. }. 
15. GLYPHOGLOSSUS. 
Glyphoglossus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 488. 
Pupil erect. Tongue elongate, notched behind and in front, divi- 
ded into two lateral halves by a deep groove, extensively free behind, 
slightly so in front. A papilla in the median line of the hinder 
part of the palate ; a denticulated cutaneous ridge across the palate, 
in front of the esophagus. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free; toes 
webbed, the tips not dilated. Precoracoids and omosternum absent ; 
sternum a cartilaginous plate. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 
moderately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 
India. 
1. Glyphoglossus molossus. 
Glyphoglossus molossus, Giinth. 1. c, pl. 38. f. 1. 
Head very short, crown convex; mouth very narrow; canthus 
rostralis none; eye very small; the fleshy part of the lower jaw 
swollen, truncated in front, forming a semicircular disk. Limbs 
very short. Fingers short, pointed, first and second equal, fourth 
very short; toes short, pointed, entirely webbed; subarticular 
tubercles distinct; two metatarsal tubercles, the inner extremely 
large, compressed, sharp-edged, the outer small, rounded. Skin 
smooth. Uniform brownish olive above, sides and limbs finely 
marbled with brown; lower parts whitish, immaculate. 
Birmah. 
a. 2 (?). Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 
