230 



Head small; snout obtusely pointed, shorter than the orbit; 

 no canthus rostralis; nostril equally distant from the eye and 

 the tip of the snout; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid. Fingers short, first and second equal; hind limb stout; 

 toes moderate, 3 / 4 webbed ; subarticular tubercles very feebly 

 developed; a feebly prominent elliptical inner metatarsal 

 tubercle; the heel reaches the tip of the snout. 



Skin smooth. 



Dark brown above; limbs with darker cross-bars ; a yellowish 

 vertical streak on the tip of the snout and an oblique one 

 from the eye to the angle of the mouth ; white beneath, 

 largely marbled with black. From snout to vent 33 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu, 640 m.). 



4. Oxyglossus Tschudi. 



(Tschudi, Mem. Soc. Sc. nat. Neuchatel, II, 1839, p. 48, 85). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue narrow, entire and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth none. Tympanum indistinct. Fingers free, toes 

 webbed, the tips not or feebly dilated. Outer metatarsals 

 separated by web. 



Omosternum with a bony style; sternum cartilaginous. No 

 intercalary ossicle between the penultimate and distal phalanges; 

 the latter simple. 



Tadpoles. — Eyes superior. Spiraculum sinistral. Vent 

 median. Lip small; papillae and teeth absent. 



Distribution: Bengal and southern China to the western 

 part of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. Tips of toes dilated. Belly smooth 1. O. lacvis p. 230. 



B. Toes pointed. Belly warty 2. 0. lima p. 232. 



Synopsis of the Tadpoles. 



A. Distance between the eyes twice that between the nostrils. 1. O. laevis p. 230 # 



B. Distance between the eyes 3 to 4 times that between 



the nostrils 2. 0. lima p. 232. 



i. Oxyglossus laevis Gthr. 



Oxyglossus laevis Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1858, p. 7, pi. I, fig. A. 

 Microdiscopus sumatranus Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, 1877, p. 422, figs. 4 — 4^. 

 Oxyglossus laevis Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 6. 



