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Tongue large, oblong. Head much broader than long; snout 

 rounded, shorter than the upper eyelid ; canthus rostralis obtuse; 

 loreal region concave ; nostril a little nearer to the tip of the 

 snout than to the eye; interorbital space a little broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum 2 / 3 or 3 / 4 the diameter of the 

 eye. Fingers and toes rather elongate, depressed, the tips 

 slightly swollen; first finger shorter than second; subarticular 

 tubercles feebly prominent; a very indistinct inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; the heel reaches the eye. 



Skin smooth. 



Dark purplish brown, finely powdered with crimson above, 

 spotted with yellowish beneath; a very indistinct, fine, light 

 vertebral line; a crimson spot above the vent; fingers and 

 toes crimson above. From snout to vent 60 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Mt. Victoria, Owen Stanley range). 



2. Liophryne brevipes Blgr. 



Liophryne brevipes Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XIX, 1897, p. 11. 



Closely allied to L. rhododactyla, but differing in the much 

 shorter limbs with shorter digits, the heel reaching only 

 the shoulder. 



A pair of curved dermal folds from the posterior border of 

 the head to between the shoulders. 



Grey-brown above, pinkish on the sides of the back; sides 

 of head dark brown ; belly greyish, marbled with brown, with 

 a fine light median line; throat vinaceous red. From snout 

 to vent 22 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Mt. Victoria, Owen Stanley range). 



3. Liophryne kampeni Blgr. 



Liophryne kampeni Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XX, 1914, p. 252, 

 pi. XXVII, fig. 4. 



Tongue large, covering the whole floor of the mouth, grooved; 

 two long oblique series of vomero-pafatine teeth behind the 

 choanae. Head much broader than long; snout rounded, shorter 

 than the upper eyelid; canthus rostralis obtuse; loreal region 

 oblique, concave; nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the eye; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; 

 tympanum about half the diameter of the eye. Fingers and 

 toes moderately elongate, with small disks; first finger shorter 



