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than the orbit; canthus rostralis strong; loreal region concave; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, l j a to 2 / 3 the diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers 

 larger than the tympanum; fingers webbed at the base; toes 

 webbed to the disks of the third and fifth and to the penulti- 

 mate phalanx of the fourth; subarticular tubercles moderate; 

 a very small inner metatarsal tubercle; the heel reaches the 

 tip of the snout or a little beyond. 



Skin free from the skull, smooth, or with small warts above, 

 granular beneath; a strong curved fold above the tympanum; 

 heel sometimes with a small conical tubercle. 



Grey, olive, or reddish brown above, uniform or marbled 

 with darker, or with large insuliform spots; a light line may 

 run along the canthus rostralis and supraciliary edge; dirty 

 white or brown beneath. From snout to vent 66 mm. 



Male with an external subgular vocal sac. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Mt. Victoria, Owen Stanley Range ; 

 Moroka, 700 m.). 



2. Nyctimantis granti Blgr. 



Nyctimaiitis Granti Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XX, pt. 5, 19 14, 

 p. 249, pi. XXVII, fig. 2. 



Tongue circular, nicked and slightly free behind ; vomerine 

 teeth in two transverse series between the large choanae. 

 Head moderate, much broader than long; snout rounded, shorter 

 than the orbit; canthus rostralis obtuse; loreal region very 

 oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum very indistinct, about '/ 3 the diameter 

 of the eye. Disks of fingers 2 / 3 the diameter of the eye; 

 outer fingers 1 / 3 webbed ; toes webbed to the disks of the 

 third and fifth and to the penultimate phalanx of the fourth; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate; a very small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle; the heel reaches the tip of the snout. 



Skin free from the skull, smooth above, granular on the 

 belly and under the thighs ; a strong curved fold above the 

 tympanum. 



Purplish grey above, vermiculate with black; flanks and 

 sides of thighs lilac; lower parts whitish. From snout to 

 vent 100 mm. 



Habitat:.New Guinea (Utakwa riv., 900 m.). 



