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Phanerotis fetcheri Andersson, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Naturk., LXVI, 191 3, p. 75. 

 Phancrotis fletcheri Andersson, Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl., LII, N°. 9, 1916, 

 p. 10, pi. I, figs. 3«— c. 



Habit ranoid. Head as long as broad; snout obtuse; canthus 

 rostralis sharp; loreal region oblique, slightly concave; nostril 

 nearer the end of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space 

 as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 3 / 4 the diameter of 

 the eye. Tips of fingers and toes slightly swollen ; first finger 

 as long as second; subarticular tubercles strong; a small, blunt 

 inner metatarsal tubercle; the heel reaches the tip of the 

 snout or a little beyond ; tibia as long as the vertebral column, 

 foot a little shorter. 



Upper parts finely granulate; upper eyelids warty; a small 

 A-shaped glandular fold between the shoulders, and an oblique 

 fold from the eye to the middle of the side, passing above 

 the tympanum; lower parts smooth. 



Bale brown above, with very small darker spots; hinder 

 side of thighs blackish-brown ; a black band borders the post- 

 ocular fold inferiorly, its lower border sinuous and involving 

 the upper part of the tympanum; a cross-bar between the 

 eyes and the interscapular chevron-fold blackish; limbs with 

 dark cross-bands; lower parts whitish, with the exception of 

 the brown tibia. Length 37 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Bogadjim at Stephansort). — 

 Australia. 



2. Ranaster Macl. 



(Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.-S.-Wales, II, 1878, p. 135). 



Bupil horizontal. Tongue entire and free behind. Upper jaw 

 toothed, lower toothless; vomerine teeth in two long transverse 

 series behind the choanae. Tympanum feebly distinct. Fingers 

 and toes free, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. 



Omosternum cartilaginous; sternum cartilaginous, calcified 

 in the centre. Clavicles present. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 

 slightly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple, obtuse. 



Distribution: New Guinea. 



. 1. Ranaster convexiusculus Macl. 



Ranaster convexiusculus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.-S.-Wales, II, 1878, p. 136. 

 Ranaster convexiusculus Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 444. 



