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than second ; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles feebly pro- 

 minent; the heel reaches the shoulder. 



Uniform dark brown above, pale brown beneath. From 

 snout to vent 58 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Mimika riv.). 



2. Calophrynus Tschudi. 



(Tschudi, Mem. Soc. Sc. nat. Neuchatel, II, 1839, p. 48, 86). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue entire and free behind. Palate 

 toothless. A more or less distinct dermal ridge across the 

 palate behind the choanae, and two other ones in front of 

 the pharynx, the posterior one always, the other ones some- 

 times denticulate. Tympanum usually distinct. Fingers free, 

 toes webbed, the tips without regular disks. Outer meta- 

 tarsals united. 



Clavicles present; omosternum present; terminal phalanges 

 club-shaped. 



Distribution: from S. -China through Cochinchina, Burma, 

 Siam to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Phi- 

 lippines; Madagascar. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. Third toe longer than fifth; second finger longer 

 than fourth. 



I. Fourth finger normally developed I. C. pleurostigma p. 102. 



II. Fourth finger almost reduced to a knob. . . . 2. C. heterochirus p. 104. 



B. Third toe not extending beyond fifth; second 



finger as long as fourth 3. C. punctatus p. 104. 



i. Calophrynus pleurostigma S. Mull. 



Kalophrymis pleurostigma (S. Midler), Tschudi, Mem. Soc. Sc. nat. Neuchatel, 



II, 1839, p. 86. 

 Calophry?ius pleurostigma Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 158. 

 Calophrynus pleurostigma Boulenger, Fauna Brit. India, Rept. and Batr., London, 



1890, p. 490, with fig. of palate. 

 Bufo studeri Isenschmid, Mitth. naturf. Ges. Bern., 1903, p. 14, pi. V, fig. 2. 

 Calophrynus pleui ostigma v. Kampen, Zool. Jahrb., Syst., XXII, 1905, p. 706. 

 Calophrynus pleurostigma Boulenger, Vert. Fauna Malay Penins., Rept. and Batr., 



London, 1912, p. 258. 



Tongue elliptic. Head broader than long; snout feebly 

 projecting, as long or nearly as long as the upper eyelid, 



