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 i. Megalophrys ligayae Taylor. 



Megalophrys ligayae Taylor, Philipp. Jrn. of Sc, XVI, 1920, p. 350, pi. X, figs. 2, 2a. 



Tongue distinctly nicked behind; vomerine teeth in two 

 rounded groups between the posterior part of the choanae. 

 Head much broader than long; snout rather distinctly pointed, 

 longer than the eye, projecting beyond the lower jaw; nostril 

 in the middle between eye and tip of snout, or slightly nearer 

 the latter; interorbital space 1 '/ 2 times the width of the upper 

 eyelid (exclusive of spine); tympanum moderately distinct, 

 about 2 / 3 the diameter of the eye, from which it is separated 

 by a distance nearly 1 '/ 2 times its greatest length. Tips of 

 fingers and toes slightly swollen ; first finger about as long as 

 second, extending beyond fourth; third toe extending distinctly 

 beyond fifth; toes free; no subarticular tubercles; inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle large, as long as first toe ; the heel reaches 

 the anterior border of the tympanum. Tibia 0,3 length from 

 snout to vent. 



Skin of head coossified with the skull. Skin with minute 

 spicules, and with larger tubercles on back; sides and limbs; 

 a prominent tubercle above the insertion of the arm, on the 

 shoulder and in the middle of the back; a distinct fold from 

 the eye to above the arm and another on each side of the 

 back, from the occipital region to half the length of the body; 

 upper eyelid and angle of mouth each with a short dermal 

 spine; belly smooth, with two prominent tubercles on the breast. 



Above olive gray (in life), with numerous dark spots; a 

 backward curved line across the head limits the dark occipital 

 area, which continues backwards between the dorsolateral folds 

 to the end of the body; a narrow black line along the outer 

 side of the dorsolateral folds; outer edge of upper eyelid and 

 spine black; a black stripe on the loreal region and a narrow, 

 black, yellow-edged line below the eye, ending in a black 

 spot behind the eye; lips with elongate, yellow-edged spots; 

 limbs with cross-bars; lower parts yellow, with black and 

 brownish spots. From snout to vent 60 mm. 



Male with vocal sacs. 



Habitat: Pelawan. 



2. Megalophrys montana Kuhl & v. Hass. 



Mogophrys montana and Megophrys monticola Kuhl en v. Hasselt, Alg. Konst- 

 en Letter-bode, 1822, p. 102, 104. 



