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Phanerotls novac-gubuac v. Kampen, Nova Guinea, IX, pt. I, 1909, p. 36, 



pi. II, figs. 4, i>q. 

 Ranaster convcxiusculus Fry, Mem. Queensland Mus., II, 191 3, p. 47- 



Habit stout. Tongue nearly circular; vomerine teeth in two 

 slightly separated series. Snout rounded, as long as the upper 

 eyelid; canthus rostralis indistinct, rounded; loreal region very 

 oblique, concave; nostril as far from the tip of the snout as 

 from the eye ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid; tympanum feebly distinct, half the 

 diameter of the eye, or a little larger. Tips of fingers and 

 toes blunt; first and second finger equal in length, or the first 



Fig. 3. Ranaster conve.xiiisciihts Macl., X ^• 



slightly shorter; subarticular tubercles small, but very promi- 

 nent; a strong, oblong inner, no outer metatarsal tubercle; 

 heel reaching the tympanum or the eye; tibia -/s ^^^ length 

 of head and body. 



Back and sides with more or less distinct, smooth, round 

 and oblong warts of different sizes; smaller warts on the upper 

 surface of head and limbs; throat and belly smooth; lower 

 surface of thighs smooth or feebly granular; a longitudinal 

 ridge below the eye and the tympanum. 



Brownish black above, or brown with darker spots on 

 head, back and limbs; light brown beneath, usually spotted 



