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Habit very stout. Dermal ridge of palate divided into four 

 parts. Snout very prominent, long, 2 1 / 3 times the length of 

 the eye ; the distance from eye to nostril twice the diameter 

 of the eye and equal to the width of the interorbital space; 

 tympanum feebly distinct. Fingers and toes with disks, except 

 the first finger and the first and second toe, which have the 

 tips not dilated. 



Bluish grey ; an hour-glass shaped brownish marking on 

 the back; a small yellow spot at each side in the lumbar 

 region and a yellowish streak between the eyes; beneath yellow, 

 finely mottled with grey. Length 1 9 ! / 2 mm. 



Perhaps identical with Choerophryne proboscidea, which has, 

 however, two dermal ridges across the palate. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Torricelli mts.). 



14. Choerophryne v. Kamp. 

 (v. Kampen, Zool. Jahrb., Syst., XXXVII, 1914, p. 376). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue narrow, oblong, slightly nicked, 

 and free behind. Palate toothless. Two denticulated transverse 

 dermal ridges across the palate, in front of the pharynx. 

 Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, with large disks. 

 Outer metatarsals united. 



No procoracoids or clavicles. Terminal phalanges T-shaped. 



Distribution: New Guinea. 



1. Choerophryne proboscidea v. Kamp. 



Choerophryne proboscidea v. Kampen, Zool. Jahrb., Syst., XXXVII, 1914, p. 376. 



Habit slender. Head small, its width 1 / 3 the length of head 

 and body; snout acutely pointed, strongly projecting, once 

 and a half the length of the upper eyelid, twice as long as 

 deep ; canthus rostralis rounded ; loreal region nearly vertical, 

 flat; nostril close to tip of snout; interorbital space twice and 

 a half the width of the upper eyelid; eye small; tympanum 

 2 / 3 the diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers and toes equal in 

 size and about as large as the tympanum, that of first finger 

 a little smaller than the other ones; first finger shorter than 

 second; fifth toe a little longer than third; subarticular and 

 inner metatarsal tubercles feeble; the heel reaches the tym- 

 panum ; tibia a little less than half the length of head and body. 



Warty above, belly and lower surface of thighs granulate. 



