130 



$. Xenobatrachus giganteus (v. Kamp.). 



Xenorhina gigantea v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, XIII, pt. I, 191 5, p. 40. 



Habit stout. Tongue perfectly attached behind ; in front of 

 the denticulated dermal ridge of the palate a transverse tubercle; 

 two tooth-like processes behind each choane. Head much 



Fig. 16. Xenobatrachus giganteus (v. Kamp.), type specimen, X J - 



broader than long, its width twice the distance between the 

 tip of the snout and the angle of the mouth ; snout truncate, 

 not projecting, as long as the upper eyelid; canthus rostralis 

 rounded ; loreal region oblique, concave ; nostril close to the 



