270 



Snout pointed, longer than the orbit ; canthus rostralis strong; 

 loreal region nearly vertical, slightly concave ; nostril nearer 

 to tip of snout than to eye ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, 2 / 3 to 3 / 4 the diameter 

 of the eye. Disks of fingers and toes large, but smaller than 

 tympanum; fingers free, toes half webbed; subarticular tuber- 

 cles moderate; a small, very feebly prominent inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle; the heel reaches the end of the snout or a 

 little beyond. 



Upper parts rough with small granular tubercles; throat 

 smooth, belly coarsely granulate. 



Light brown or bright reddish orange above; head, body 

 and limbs with cream-coloured, dark-edged spots; belly white, 

 with or without greenish black blotches. From snout to 

 vent 35 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Serawak; Barabai). — Malay Peninsula 

 (up to 1200 m.); Singapore; Philippines '). 



3. Philautus flavosignatus (Bttg.). 



Ixahis flavosignatus Boettger, Zool. Anz., XVI, 1893, p. 339. 



Tongue without papilla. Head broader than long; snout 

 pointed, a little longer than the diameter of the orbit; canthus 

 rostralis distinct; loreal region somewhat concave; nostril much 

 nearer to the tip of the snout than to the eye; interorbital space 

 twice the width of the upper eyelid; tympanum 3 / 4 the dia- 

 meter of the eye. Disks of fingers large, of toes somewhat 

 smaller; first finger much shorter than second; fingers free, 

 toes webbed at the base; subarticular tubercles strong, a very 

 feeble inner metatarsal tubercle ; the heel reaches the tip of 

 the snout. 



Skin of upper parts covered with granules and pointed 

 tubercles, which are more crowded in the parotoid region ; throat 

 finely, belly and lower side of thighs more coarsely granulate. 



Ashy grey above; a line along the border of the upper eyelid 

 and along the canthus rostralis sulphur-yellow, a sulphur-yellow 

 spot in the parotoid region and smaller spots of the same 

 colour on the fore-arm and the hind limbs; the two inner 



I) According to De Elera, Catalogo Sist. de toda la Fauna de Filipinas, I, 

 1895, P- 45°- 



