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 4. Staurois tuberilinguis Blgr. 



Staurois tuberilinguis Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 191 8, p. 374. 



A large conical papilla in the middle of the anterior third 

 of the tongue; vomerine teeth absent. Head longer than broad, 

 moderately depressed ; snout obtusely pointed, strongly pro- 

 jecting, as long as the eye; canthus rostralis sharp; loreal 

 region feebly oblique, deeply concave; nostril a little nearer to 

 the tip of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital space as broad 

 as or a little broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum mode- 

 rately distinct, not quite \l 3 the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 with very large, toes with smaller disks; first finger longer 

 than second; fourth toe not much longer than fifth; toes fully 

 webbed, the web feebly notched ; subarticular tubercles small, 

 feebly prominent; inner metatarsal tubercle oval, fiat, '/ 3 the 

 length of the inner toe, no outer tubercle; no tarsal fold; 

 heel reaching between eye and nostril; tibia '/ 2 length of head 

 and body (from snout to vent), or slightly longer. 



Feebly granulate above, with fiat glandules on the sides; 

 belly smooth or feebly granulate. 



Dark brown above and on the sides, including the upper 

 lip, with a few very indistinct lighter vermicular markings 

 on head and back; limbs with or without rather ill-defined 

 dark cross-bands; hinder side of thighs dark brown, with small 

 yellow spots or vermicular markings; web between toes blackish; 

 lower parts white, throat brown or spotted with brown. From 

 snout to vent 42 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu, 1300m.; Mt. Batu Song, 

 Serawak, 300 m.). 



6. Simomantis Blgr. 

 (Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) I, 1918, p. 373). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue deeply notched and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth absent. Tympanum not very distinct, small. 

 Fingers and toes webbed (web of toes involving part of the 

 disks), with very large disks, which are broader than long 

 and have a transverse groove across the lower surface, conti- 

 nuous with the groove between the upper and lower surfaces. 

 Outer metatarsals entirely separated by web. 



Omosternum and sternum with a bony style. No intercalary 



