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2. Chiroleptes brevipalmatus. (Prare XVII. fig. 5.) 
Chiroleptes brevipalmatus, Giinth. Journ. Mus. Godeffr, xii. 1876, 
p. 47. 
Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 
two straight series between the choane. Head moderate; snout 
rounded, not much longer than the orbital diameter ; nostril equally 
distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; interorbital space as 
broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the 
diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first much longer than 
second; toes short, hardly one-third webbed ; subarticular tubercles 
well developed; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, compressed, shovel- 
like; no outer tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tympanum. 
Skin minutely granular above and beneath. Brownish olive above, 
with symmetrical brown markings, one of which is a large inter- 
ocular spot; a dark streak from the tip of the snout through the 
eye and over the tympanum to the shoulder; a white vertebral 
line; hinder side of thighs not coloured. Male with a subgular 
vocal sac. 
Australia. 
a 3. Fort Denison, Cape York. 
oD. Gayndah. Godeffroy Mus. + Types. 
ieee Peak Downs. Godettroy Mus. 
3. Chiroleptes brevipes. 
Chiroleptes brevipes, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 648. 
Tongue elliptic, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 
oblique series between the choane. Head as long as broad; nostril 
a little nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; tympanum distinct, 
two thirds the diameter of the eye. Toes not half webbed; sub- 
articular tubercles of fingers much stronger than of toes; a large, 
shovel-like, inner metatarsal tubercle; no outer tubercle. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle 
reaches the nostril. Skin granular on the back and belly. Reddish 
brown above, spotted and marbled with black; a triangular black 
spot between the eyes; a black streak from the tip of the snout 
through the eye and over the tympanum to the shoulder; a white 
vertebral line; hinder side of thighs black. 
Fort Bowen, Australia. 
4. Chiroleptes australis. 
Chiroleptes australis, Giinth, Cat. p. 54. 
Alytes australis, Gray, Zool. Mise. p. 56. 
Phractops alutaceus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 30. 
Cyclorana nove hollandize, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p- 29, pl. 2. 
f. 7-10. 
Chiroleptes australis, Giinth. Zool. Rec. iv. p, 145. 
