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Pkanerotis novae-guineat v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. i, 1909, p. 36, 



pi. II, figs. 4, 4(7. 

 Ranaster convexhiscuhts Fry, Mem. Queensland Mus., II, 1913, p. 47. 



Habit stout. Tongue nearly circular; vomerine teeth in two 

 slightly separated series. Snout rounded, as long as the upper 

 eyelid; canthus rostralis indistinct, rounded; loreal region very 

 oblique, concave; nostril as far from the tip of the snout as 

 from the eye ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum feebly distinct, half the 

 diameter of the eye, or a little larger. Tips of fingers and 

 toes blunt; first and second finger equal in length, or the first 



Fig. 3. Ranaster convexhiscuhts Macl., X *■ 



slightly shorter; subarticular tubercles small, but very promi- 

 nent; a strong, oblong inner, no outer metatarsal tubercle; 

 heel reaching the tympanum or the eye ; tibia 2 / 5 the length 

 of head and body. 



Back and sides with more or less distinct, smooth, round 

 and oblong warts of different sizes; smaller warts on the upper 

 surface of head and limbs; throat and belly smooth; lower 

 surface of thighs smooth or feebly granular; a longitudinal 

 ridge below the eye and the tympanum. 



Brownish black above, or brown with darker spots on 

 head, back and limbs; light brown beneath, usually spotted 



