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Hind limb long or very long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reach- 

 ing the nostril, the tip of the snout, or considerably be3-ond, the 

 heels strongly overlapping when the limbs are folded at right angles 

 to the body; tibia 4? to 5 times as long as broad, 1,1, to i^^ times in 

 length from snout to vent, as long as or shorter than the fore limb, 

 a little longer than the foot. Toes moderately long, the tips dilated 

 into small but very distinct discs, | to :] webbed, 2 or 3 phalanges 

 of fourth free ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; no tarsal fold ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle moderately or feebly prominent, ? to }. the 

 length of the inner toe ; no outer tubercle. 



Upper parts with small warts which may form interrupted 

 longitudinal folds; a dorso-lateral fold, beginning behind the upper 

 eyelid, if present, not extending beyond the scapular region; a 

 glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder. Lower parts smooth. 



Coloration very variable. Brown or olive above, with darker 

 spots on the back and a dark bar between the e^'es, sometimes with 

 a yellowish cross-bar in front of it ; upper surface of snout some- 

 times entirely yellowish ; lips with dark vertical bars ; two yellow- 

 ish dorsal stripes, or a yellowish vertebral stripe, sometimes pre- 

 sent ; limbs with dark cross-bands. Yellowish white beneath , 

 throat and breast often spotted, marbled, or mottled with brown. 



Males without vocal sacs. 



Nasal bones moderately large, separated on the median line; 

 a small portion of the ethmoid uncovered; zygomatic branch of 

 squamosal moderately long. Omosternum forked at the base. 



Measurements in uiillinietres. 



I — 4. Flores. 5. Tomohon. Celebes. 6 — 7. S. Celebes. 8. Tawi-Tawi, Sooloo 

 Ids. 9. Sandakan, N. Borneo. lo. Tjibodas, Java, 4700 — 6500 ft. {Ind. Mus.), 



Habitat. Originally described from the mountains of Java, 

 this small frog has since been found in the Philippines (R. leytensis), 

 in Borneo, Sumatra, Mentawi, the Sooloo Islands, Celebes and 

 Flores. 



