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than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, 3 / 3 the width of 

 the eye. Disks of fingers and toes large, triangular, those of 

 second to fourth finger about as large as the tympanum, of 

 first finger and of .toes smaller ; first finger much shorter than 

 second, which is about as long as fourth ; fifth toe longer 

 than third ; subarticular tubercles very feebly developed, no 

 metatarsal tubercles ; the heel reaches the eye, the tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation beyond the tip of the snout. 



Skin smooth. 



Rufous brown with white markings, viz. a streak along the 

 canthus rostralis; a cross-bar between the eyes; a longitudinal 

 streak along each side of the back, each of them confluent 

 with a spot at the side of the middle of the back; a large 

 spot on the posterior part of the back ; cross-bars on the limbs; 

 whitish beneath. Length 18 mm. 



Distinguished from H. montanus by a larger tympanum and 

 the characteristic design. 



Type specimen in the Amsterdam Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Digul riv.!). 



3. Hylophorbus montanus (Bttgr.). 



Phrynixahis montanus Boettger, Zool. Anz., XVIII, 1895, p. 133. 

 Phrynixalus montanus (part.) Boettger, Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Ges., XXV, 



1901, p. 368. 

 Phrynixalus montanus v. Mehely, Termesz. Fiizetek, XXIV, 1 901, p. 251. 



Habit stout. Head broader than long; snout obtusely pointed, 

 shorter than the eye ; canthus rostralis rounded ; loreal region 

 distinctly concave; interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum rather distinct, '/ 3 to 2 / g the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers with very large, triangular disks, the largest 

 of which is about as large as the tympanum ; disks of toes 

 large, triangular, much smaller than those of fingers; first 

 finger much shorter than second; subarticular tubercles very 

 feebly developed ; a feeble, oblong, compressed inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle, outer metatarsal tubercle indistinct or none; 

 the heel reaches to between eye and nostril. 



Skin slightly wrinkled and warty, the sides with more 

 distinct warts; smooth below, or posterior part of the belly 

 feebly granulate. 



Reddish brown (green in life), spotted and marbled with 

 blackish; a blackish triangular spot between the eyes, and a 



