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I. Oreophryne variabilis (Blgr.). 



Sphenophryne variabilis Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XVIII, 1896, p. 64. 

 Sphenophryne variabilis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 235. pi. XVI, 

 fig- 5- 



Tongue large, oval, entire. Snout rounded, short; canthus 

 rostralis feebly marked; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum feebly distinct, 2 / 3 or 3 / 4 the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers with very large, toes with much smaller 

 disks; first finger shorter than second; toes free; no subarti- 

 cular or metatarsal tubercles; the heel reaches the shoulder 

 or the tympanum. 



Skin smooth above; belly granulate. 



Coloration very variable; grey, brown, purple, pink, or crimson 

 above, uniform or with darker marblings, or with a lighter 

 yellow or pink lateral streak; a light vertebral line sometimes 

 present; sides of head usually dark brown; a dark light-edged 

 ocellus may be present in the lumbar region; beneath uniform 

 whitish, or greyish with yellow spots, or dark brown with 

 yellow spots. From snout to vent 28 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Peak of Bonthain, 1500 — 2000 m.). 



2. Oreophryne celebensis (F. Mull.). 



? Phrynomantis fusca Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, 1867, p. 35. 

 } Phrynomantis fusca Peters e Dona, Ann. Mus. Genova, XIII, 1878, p. 429. 

 ? Phrynomantis fusca Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 173. 

 Sphenophryne celebensis F. Muller, Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, X, 1895, p. 841, with fig. 

 Sphenophryne celebensis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897, p. 235, 



pi. XVI, fig. 4. 

 Oreophryne celebensis v. Mehely, Termesz. Fiizetek, XXIV, 1901, p. 256, pi. X, 



fig. 1 (shoulder-girdle). 



Tongue large, oval, entire. Snout rounded, short; canthus 

 rostralis feebly marked; loreal region nearly vertical; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as or a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum hidden or scarcely distinct, about '/ 3 the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers with very large, toes with much 

 smaller disks; first finger shorter than second; toes free; third 

 toe longer than fifth; no subarticular or metatarsal tubercles; 

 the heel reaches the eye or a little beyond. 



Smooth, or with scattered small warts above; a small tuber- 

 cle sometimes present on the upper eyelid ; belly granulate 

 or smooth. 



