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2. PSRUDOPHRYNE. avr 
edge of the tarsus. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 
body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the anterior angle of the 
eye. Upper surfaces with smooth flat warts; a flat parotoid. 
Terminal phalanges anchor-shaped. 
KE. Ecuador, 
2. PSEUDOPHRYNE. 
Pseudophryne, Ltsing. Syst. Rept. i. p. 382; Giinth. Cat. p.45; Cope, 
Nat. Hist, Rev. 1865, p. 105. 
Phryniscus, sp., Dwm. & Bib. viii. p. (22. 
Pupil horizontal. Tongue elliptical, entire and free behind. 
Vomerine teeth none. No tympanum. Fingers and toes free, the 
tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. No omosternum ; 
sternum cartilaginous. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately 
dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 
Australia. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
T, One or two small rounded metatarsal tubercles ; tip of longest 
toe reaching beyond the eye. 
Blackish brown above ; forehead yellowish. 1. australis, p. 277. 
Brown or olive above, variegated with 
GIRO Lena ats uses «AS ats ake Se RT ae 2. bibronti, p. 278 
Yellowish brown above; sides blackish.. 3, cortacea, p. 278 
II. Two large, oval, compressed metatarsal 
tubercles; tip of longest toe not reaching 
SEM: CCTM ERR ta. «areata, ey Hit tight a Sead 4, quenther?, p. 279. 
1. Pseudophryne australis. 
Pseudophryne australis, Giimth. Cat, p. 40. 
Bombinator australis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1835, p. 57; Lyre, 
Journ. Exped. C. Austr. 4. App. p. 407, pl. 1. f.1. 
Phryniscus albifrons, Dum. § Bibr. 1x. p. 413, pl. 100. f. 3. 
Pseudophryne australis, Keferst. Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, p. 271. 
Snout rounded, a little longer than the orbital diameter, without 
eanthus rostralis ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid. 
Fingers short, first much shorter than second; toes short, quite 
free, without even a rudiment of fringe; subarticular tubercles 
not very prominent; a small, not very prominent, rounded inner 
metatarsal tubercle; outer tubercle none or very indistinct. The 
hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tip of the 
longest toe always reaches beyond the eye; the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches the shoulder in the male, not so far in the female 
Skin smooth, or with very small, round, fiat warts on the back. 
Blackish brown above; forehead and crown, a streak along the 
coccyx, a spot on the upper arm, and another on the thigh yellowish ; 
beneath blackish, with large yellowish spots. Male with an internal 
