i 4 2 



smaller than the tympanum ; first ringer shorter than second, 

 which may be shorter to longer than fourth; third toe longer 

 than fifth; subarticular tubercles well developed; a small inner, 

 no outer metatarsal tubercle; the heel reaches the eye or 

 farther, to beyond the tip of the snout. 



Skin smooth or finely granulate above; back and sides of 

 the body sometimes with small warts, usually arranged in 

 more or less distinct longitudinal series; two small warts behind 

 the chin may be present; smooth beneath, sometimes with 

 small warts in the loin. 



Greenish brown in life; a black spot, bordered by a red 

 one in front and a larger, yellow one behind, in the lumbar 



Fig. 20. Hylophorbus ocellatus (v. Meli.), X ''A- 



region ; often some ill-defined light spots on the back, behind 

 the tympanum, at the insertion of the fore limbs and near 

 the vent; posterior surface of thighs and lower parts of body 

 marbled with reddish brown or blackish, belly usually imma- 

 culate. From snout to vent 42 mm. 



Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



The eggs in the ovary are few and large. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Humboldt bay!; Mosso riv. ! ; Mt. 

 Kohari, +600 m. ! ; Bewani riv.!; Begowre riv.!; Sattelberg; 

 Digul riv.!; Lorentz riv.!; Went mts., 800 — 1360 m. !). 



