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band; yellowish white (in life fiery red) beneath, dotted or 

 marbled with grey or brown. Length 46 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (near Idenburg riv., ± 800 — 1000 m..!; 

 Sermowai riv., + 70 m. ! ; Humboldt bay!; mouth of Tami 

 riv.; Erima; Sattelberg; Vikaiku). 



2. Xenobatrachus ocellatus (v. Kamp.). 



Xenorhina ocellata v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 1913, p. 461, pi. XI, 

 figs- 4—5- 



Habit more or less stout. Tongue a little free behind ; one 

 tooth-like process behind each choane. Head broader than 

 long; snout pointed, projecting, as long as the upper eyelid, 

 about as long as deep; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal region 

 oblique, concave ; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout than to the 

 eye; interorbital space one and a half to twice the width of 

 the upper eyelid; tympanum rather distinct, as large as the 

 eye or hardly smaller. Tips of fingers blunt, of toes hardly 

 swollen; fingers short, first shorter than second, which is as 

 long as fourth; length of the fourth toe contained 3 — 3 '/ 2 times 

 in the distance between vent and posterior border of the eye ; 

 third toe longer than fifth; subarticular and inner metatarsal 

 tubercles very feeble ; the heel reaches the shoulder, the 

 tarso-metatarsal articulation the eye. 



Skin smooth, the tip of the snout covered with small warts; 

 a strong fold above the tympanum. 



Brownish (in spirit) above; a white spot, bordered with 

 bluish black, around the vent; a large, light spot, bordered 

 with dark, in the loin; a similar spot, sometimes divided into 

 smaller spots, on the posterior surface of the thighs; uniform 

 brownish beneath. Length 42 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Hellwig mts., +2500 m. !). 



3. Xenobatrachus macrops (v. Kamp.). 



Xenorhina rostrata v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. I, 1909, p. 39, pi. II, fig. 6. 

 Xenorhina macrops v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. 3, 1913, p. 460. 



Habit stout. Tongue nearly perfectly attached behind; one 

 tooth-like process behind each choane. Head broader than long; 

 snout pointed, projecting, as long as the upper eyelid; canthus 

 rostralis rounded; loreal region oblique, concave; nostril nearer 

 to the tip of the snout than to the eye; interorbital space twice 



