2. Megalophrys Kuhl & v. Hass. 



(Kuhl en v. Hassei.t, Alg. Konst- en Letter-bode, 1822, p. 102 [„Mogophrys"] 



und Isis, 1822, p. 475 [ ri Megophrys' n ]). 

 Lcptobrachium^ Megalophrys and Xenophrys Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 



1882, p. 440 — 442. 

 Megalophrys Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 407. 



Pupil erect. Tongue circular or pyriform, entire or nicked, 

 free behind. Vomerine teeth in two small groups or absent. 

 Tympanum more or less distinct, or hidden. Fingers free, toes 

 free or shortly webbed, the tips without regular disks. Outer 

 metatarsals united or partly separated by web. 



Omosternum cartilaginous, sometimes calcified ; sternum with 

 a bony style. Os coccygis fused with the sacral vertebra or 

 articulating with it by one condyle. Vertebrae opisthocoelous 

 or procoelous. 



Tadpoles. — Eyes superior. Spiraculum sinistral. Vent 

 median or dextraL Upper crest of tail not extending on to 

 the body. Mouth normal, with numerous series of teeth, and 

 almost entirely surrounded with papillae, or funnel-shaped, 

 with scattered papillae and without teeth. 



Distribution: S.-E.-Asia, including western part of the 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. Snout projecting beyond the lower jaw. 



I. End of snout without or with a rudimentary dermal 

 appendage. 



1. Male with vocal sacs 1. M. ligayae p. 8. 



2. Male without vocal sacs 2. M. ?nonta/m p. 8. 



II. End of snout with a distinct dermal appendage . . 3. M. nasuta p. 10. 



B. Snout not projecting beyond the lower jaw. 

 I. No vomerine teeth. 



1. Heel reaching the shoulder 4. M. hasselti p. 13. 



2. Heel reaching tip of snout 5. M. gracilis p. 15. 



II. Vomerine teeth present 6. M. baluensis p. 16. 



Synopsis of the Tadpoles. 



A. Lips without teeth 2. M. montana p. 8. 



B. Lips with teeth in regular series ,,.,.. 4. M, hasselti p. 13, 



