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snout vertically truncate, shorter than the upper eyelid ; canthus 

 rostralis obtuse ; loreal region slightly oblique, concave ; nostril 

 much nearer to the tip of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum feebly distinct, 

 about ty a the width of the eye. Disks of fingers and toes rather 

 large, about as large as the tympanum, those of toes a little 

 smaller than those of fingers ; first finger much shorter than 

 second, which is as long as fourth; toes webbed at the base; 

 fifth toe slightly longer than third; subarticular and inner 

 metatarsal tubercles very feeble, no outer metatarsal tubercle; 

 the heel reaches the eye; tibia half length of head and body. 



Skin smooth, granulate on the belly and the lower and 

 posterior surfaces of the thighs. 



Upper parts yellowish red, with blackish dots and larger 

 spots or longitudinal streaks; limbs with indistinct dark cross- 

 bars; beneath light reddish brown, sometimes powdered or 

 marbled with dark brown. Length 25 mm. 



Procoracoid connected with the scapula by a ligament only. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Torricelli mts. ?; near Friedrich 

 Wilhelmshafen ; Sattelberg; Moroka, Bartholomew range, 700 m.; 

 Van der Sande riv. !). 



11. Oreophryne albopunctata (v. Kamp.). 



Sphcnophrync albopunctata v. Kamp en, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 1, 1909, p. 42, 

 pi. II, fig. 7. 



Tongue oval, entire, about '/ 3 free behind ; two dermal ridges 

 across the palate, the posterior one denticulated. Head a 

 little broader than long; snout rounded, feebly projecting, 

 shorter than the upper eyelid; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal 

 region nearly vertical, slightly concave; interorbital space much 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; nostril much nearer to the tip of 

 the snout than to the eye; tympanum very indistinct, about l / 3 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers with large disks, that of third 

 finger larger than half the width of the eye, that of first finger 

 and those of toes a little smaller than those of outer fingers; 

 first finger shorter than second, which is nearly as long as 

 fourth; toes webbed at the base, third and fifth of equal 

 length; subarticular and inner metatarsal tubercles fiat, no 

 outer metatarsal tubercle ; the heel reaches the tympanum or 

 the posterior border of the eye. 



