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r. Copiula oxyrhina (Blgr.). 



Phrynixalus oxyrhinus Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898, p. 476, 480, 



pi. XXXVIII, fig. 3. 

 Copiula oxyrhina v. Mehely, Termesz. Fiizetek, XXIV, 1901, p. 243, pis. VIII, 



(mouth, skull &c.) ; X, fig. 6 (terminal phalanx). 

 Copiula oxyrhina v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, V, pt. I, 1906, p. 168. 



Habit slender. Tongue oval, narrow, free in its posterior 

 third or half. Head small, as long as broad; snout rather 

 pointed, projecting, as long as or hardly longer than the 

 upper eyelid, longer than deep; canthus rostralis distinct, 

 obtuse; loreal region nearly vertical; nostril about equally 

 distant from end of snout and eye; interorbital space much 

 broader than the upper eyelid; eye small; tympanum distinct, 

 '/ 2 to 3 / i the diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers small, of 

 toes larger, but smaller than 

 the tympanum ; first finger 

 shorter than second, which 

 is shorter than fourth ; third 

 toe longer than fifth; sub- 

 articular tubercles and the 

 elliptic inner metatarsal 

 tubercle feebly prominent, 

 no outer metatarsal tubercle; 

 the heel reaches the eye 

 or the tip of the snout ; tibia 

 a little more than half the Fig. 19. Copiula oxyrhina (Blgr.), Xi'/y 

 length of head and body. 



Back smooth or finely granulate; lower parts smooth. 



Grey to brown above, with or without dark brown spots 

 and marblings, which are largest on the sides ; a brown or 

 blackish streak along each side of the head and some distance 

 along the side of the body ; groin and posterior surface of 

 thighs whitish, with black spots or marblings; whitish beneath, 

 the throat often dark marbled. Length 37 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Cycloop mts. ? ! ; Humboldt bay!; 

 Timena riv. ! ; Njao!; Begowre riv. ! ; Sattelberg; Went mts., 

 1050 m.!; Hellwig mts.!). — St. Aignan isl. 



2. Copiula (?) rostellifera Wand. 



Copiula (?) rostcllifer Wandolleck, Abh. Zool. Mus. Dresden, XIII, N°. 6, 191 1, 

 p. 11, figs. 47 — 49 and text-figs. A — B. 



