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oblique; nostril a little nearer the end of the snout than the 

 eye; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tym- 

 panum hidden or feebly distinct, '/^ to ^/^ diameter of the 

 eye. Fingers and toes obtuse ; first and second finger equal or 

 first the longer, second and fourth of nearly equal length; 

 third toe slightly longer than fifth ; toes webbed at the base 

 in females, ^4 ^^ V2 webbed in males; subarticular tubercles 

 sometimes distinct; a small, oval, feebly prominent, inner, no 

 outer metatarsal tubercle ; the heel reaches the shoulder, the 

 tarso-metatarsal articulation the posterior border of the eye; 

 tibia '/j to Y5 ^he length from snout to vent. 



Skin smooth or with small tubercles above, granular on the 

 belly; a glandular fold above the tympanum. 



Brown, grey, or pale olive above, with small or large dark 

 brown spots or marblings, which may be irregular or form a 

 symmetrical pattern ; a more or less distinct dark canthal and 

 temporal streak; sides of snout with dark vertical bars; limbs 

 with dark cross-bars; throat and belly dirty white, or brown, 

 speckled with white. From snout to vent : (^ 47, 9 74 nim. 



Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Tadpole. — Length of body once and a half its width; 

 tail about once and a half to once and three fourths as long 

 as the body, somewhat more than 3 times as long as deep, 

 and once and a half as high as its muscular part at the base. 

 Nostril nearer the eye than the tip of the snout; eyes supe- 

 rior, as far from tip of snout as from spiraculum ; the distance 

 between them twice that between the nostrils; spiraculum 

 sinistral, directed upwards and backwards, visible from above 

 and from below, as far from the tip of the snout as from the 

 base of the tail; anal opening very large, dextral, close to 

 the lower margin of the crest of the tail. Tip of tail rounded; 

 upper crest higher than the lower, with convex margin and 

 not extending to the base of the tail. 



Mouth ventral; its entire border, with the exception of a 

 small portion in the centre of the upper margin, with papillae, 

 which along the upper margin are arranged in one, along the 

 sides and the lower margin in two series; jaws almost entirely 

 black, with serrated borders; series of teeth : 5 ' 5/4^4 or 5 '5/5 ' 5; 

 in the upper lip the uppermost series is very short, the second 

 the longest, the other ones gradually becoming shorter, in 

 the lower lip the outer series is short, the next one narrowly 



