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part of the back; fore limbs greyish white, hind limbs yellowish 

 brown ; lower parts yellowish white, the throat a little darker, 

 with small lighter dots. Length 7 mm. 



Perhaps a young Sphenophryne or Oreophryne sp. 



Habitat: Aru islands. 



6. Oxydactyla v. Kamp. 



(v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 1913, p. 464). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue entire, free behind. Palate tooth- 

 less. Two dermal transverse ridges across the palate, in front 

 of the pharynx, the posterior one denticulated. Tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers and toes free, the tips not dilated. Outer 

 metatarsals united. 



Procoracoids and clavicles present, the latter reaching the 

 scapulae; no omosternum; sternum small. Terminal phalanges 

 club-shaped. 



Distribution: New Guinea. 



1. Oxydactyla brevicrus v. Kamp. 



Oxydactyla brevicrus v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 1913, p. 465, pi. XI, fig. 8. 



Tongue broad, oblong, half free behind. Head broader than 

 long, its width 2 /g the length of head and body ; snout rounded, 



Fig. 15. Oxydactyla brevicrus v. Kamp., X l3 /4 - 



feebly projecting, shorter than the eye, about as deep as 

 long; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region slightly oblique, 



