270 CYSTIGNATHID®. 
Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 
two strong, slightly oblique series between the choane. Head 
large; snout rounded, twice, or nearly twice, as long as the orbital 
diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the 
snout; interorbital space grooved, as broad as the upper eyelid; 
tympanum very distinct, about two thirds the diameter of the eye. 
Fingers short, first much longer than second ; toes short, nearly half 
webbed; subarticular tubercles well developed; a large, oval, com- 
pressed, inner metatarsal tubercle. ‘The hind limb variable in length ; 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches the tympanum, the eye, or between the eye and the nostril. 
Skin smooth or shagreened above, with a few scattered flat warts, 
minutely granular beneath ; a more or less distinct glandular lateral 
fold. Brown or olive above, uniform or marbled with darker; a 
dark streak from the tip of the snout through the eye and over the 
tympanum to the shoulder; throat spotted with brown. Male with 
a subgular vocal sac. 
Australia. 
a-b. 9 & yg. Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert’s Coll. (Types.) 
(Oe Port Denison, N. G. Krefft, Esq. 
Australia, 
d, é. Her. Port Denison, N. 
Australia. 
£,9,%. 2,8,&yg. Rockhampton, N. 
Australia. 
Je Nicol Bay, N.W.C. M. Du Boulay. 
Australia, 
ee Queensland. Prof. A. M. Thomson [P.]. 
l. Skel., 2. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. 
5. Chiroleptes alboguttatus. (Puiare XVIII. fig. 1.) 
Chiroleptes alboguttatus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xx. p. 54. 
Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 
two straight or slightly oblique series between the choane. Head 
moderate ; snout subacuminate, not quite once and a half as long as 
the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the 
tip of the snout; interorbital space not, quite as broad as the upper 
eyelid; tympanum very distinct, at least two thirds the diameter of 
the eye. Fingers moderate, first much longer than second; toes 
moderate, half webbed; subarticular tubercles moderate; inner 
metatarsal tubercle oval, compressed; no outer tubercle. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches the eye or the nostril. Skin smooth above, or with 
small warts on the back; a glandular lateral fold; belly minutely 
granular. Olive or brown above, indistinctly marbled with black ; 
a light vertebral line; sides of the body and of the thighs blackish, 
with numerous round white spots; a dark streak from the tip of the 
snout through the eye and over the tympanum to the shoulders ; 
throat and breast sometimes marbled with brown. Male with a 
