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interrupted, the other ones distinctly divided, with some sepa- 

 rated pieces at each side. 



Blackish grey, darker above than below ; or upper parts 

 brown, with dark spots and marblings. Length 79 mm. 



In pools and clear, swiftly running water. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Deli; Panjinggahan ! ; Tandjong Laut 

 in Palembang); Borneo (Mt. Kappa in Brit. N. -Borneo; Pra- 

 massan-Alai mts.); Java (Tjibodas; Pasirdatar, 900 m.!; Tji- 

 andjur; Djampang Kulon !; Pengalengan ; Mt. Malabar, 1500 m.!; 

 Mt. Sesuru ! ; Dirk-de-Vries bay!; Nusa Kambangan ! ; Tengger 

 mts., 1200 m.). — Burma; Siam ; Malay Peninsula; Singapore; 

 Philippines, incl. Pelawan. 



5. Megalophrys gracilis (Gthr.). 



Lcptobrachhim gracile Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, p. 598. 

 Leptobrachium gracile Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 440. 

 Megalophrys gracilis Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1908, p. 421, pi. 



XXV, fig. I, 

 Megalophrys gracilis Boulenger, Vert. Fauna Malay Penins., Rept. and Batr., 



London, 1912, p. 281. 



Tongue nicked behind ; no vomerine teeth. Head moderate, 

 as long as broad or slightly broader than long; snout rounded, 

 not projecting; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region not 

 very oblique, conca,ve; interorbital space a little narrower than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of 

 the eye. Tips of fingers slightly swollen, of toes slightly swollen 

 or blunt; first and second finger equal; toes with a very short 

 web at the base; no subarticular tubercles; a feebly prominent, 

 elliptical inner metatarsal tubercle; heel reaching the tip of 

 the snout; tibia a little more than half the length from 

 snout to vent ; foot shorter than the tibia, but longer than 

 the head. 



Skin smooth; a curved fold above the tympanum. 



Greyish olive to dark brown above, with mere or less distinct 

 darker spots or symmetrical markings on the head and body 

 and cross-bars on the limbs ; a whitish spot below the eye 

 and another on the arm and elbow sometimes present; lower 

 parts dirty white, with or without irregular brown spots. 

 Length 44 mm. 



Habitat: Borneo (Mt. Kina Balu ; Matan). — Malay Penin- 

 sula (1600 m.). 



